For my newspaper coursework I want to focus on voting specifically student voting. This newspaper will be based in jersey and called Local Island New and surrounding the issue of people 18 and below and the lack of information and facts shared with young people to be educated enough to feel able to vote. The overwhelming amount of voting posters around the island on who to vote for is not easy to miss, but do these young people know anything about these politicians?

I want to discuss strategies on how to educate these teenagers, and how these young people are encouraged to vote with little knowledge on the subject. That the lack of the student age populations participating in such decisions will harm democratic progress. The future of our island depends on these young people. It is more important for the island to gain votes from our future inhibiters and less input from older generations. I want to introduce theory’s from the course such as Habermas theory of democracy depends on a public which is informed, aware, and which debates the issues of the day. Additionally Jurgen Habermas, James Curran and Jean Seaton, who discuss positions newspapers as media forms produced to enable political discussion.

In terms of layout and design, my newspaper will have a main image (half page) with a headline stories from inside the newspaper, underneath a strapline for my paper. I will also have a masthead, barcode and other institutional details such as time, date, price etc. I will include also bright coloured adverts on the side to follow the design of most papers. My main image will include a student on their phone, conclusively showing that young people should be informed in ways such a social media or other online sources, as this is an easy source for them to get information on this subject. I also want to include a photo of a school environment to represent that there should be talks or lectures in school informing voters of age (16 and over) about the politicians running.