Price of my newspaper

I based the price of my newspaper around other newspapers that I have researched. 
I found out that most prices of weekly newspapers in the UK range from 35p to 70p:

Guardian	70p
Independent	70p
Daily Telegraph	70p
Times	65p
Daily Mail	45p
Daily Express	40p
Daily Mirror	38p
Sun	35p
Daily Star	35p

So I came to the conclusion that I should price my newspaper at 50p because it is not too cheap and not too expensive.

Main story on the front cover of the newspaper

My main story will be about a woman who was found guilty of having cat biscuits containing rat poison pellets in her own home. The woman was found to be mentally unstable as she tried to kill her own pets.

My title and logo for my newspaper

After looking at existing titles and logos for other newspapers, I decided to change my idea by adding in a picture or animation to represent my newspaper.

I used the idea of the silhouette of a lion because lions represent Northampton. There are statues of lions all over the town centre so customers will know where the idea comes from.

Newspapers titles and logos

These are the titles and logos from other newspapers to give me ideas for mine:

Small details

I will also be using small details on the newspaper such as the date, the price, the website, etc. I will make sure they will be small but stand out by making them big and bold so customers still see them. They will be shown near the title of the newspaper so that when customers read the title they will also be drawn to the price and date of the newspaper to make sure they want to buy it. This will also draw attention to the website so people can go onto it and read more about the newspaper and the stories it publishes.

Colours and style of my newspaper

The colour scheme for my newspaper will be black, white and red because I feel that these colours are quite bold and easily visible. I have also used bold writing for the title and logo of the newspaper so that it stands out and is eye catching for potential customers. My front cover will have one main story in the middle and smaller stories around the outside; the main story will be the one that customers find more interesting so I will make it stand out. The stories on the inside pages will be set out in columns like any other magazine so it looks like a real magazine and I will use pictures and captions.

Colours and style of my website

The colours of my website will be the same as the magazine so it is clear that they are the same company. The title and logo of the newspaper will be clearly shown on the top of all pages of the website and it will be bold and clear for the human eye to see. I will show short stories on the website which are on the newspaper and will also have other main stories for the pages on the newspapers website which will be lifestyle and sports stories. 

My final logo and name idea

After a lot of consideration, I decided to call my newspaper 'Northants Paparazzi'. I then designed a logo for the name of the newspaper. 

Narrowed down ideas

I then narrowed my name ideas down to two ideas:
1. Northants Paparazzi
2. Northampton Times

Potential names

Because I am designing a new newspaper, I also have to create some potential names for the newspaper.

Whilst thinking through some names, I came up with; 

1. Talk Paparazzi 

2. Northants Paparazzi

3. The Observer

4. Report Northampton

5. Northampton Daily

6. Northampton Times

My idea

My newspaper will be based around the Northampton area which is similar to the Chronicle and Echo. It will have information about all of the news around the Northamptonshire area from lifestyle to sports news. 

I will make the front cover of my newspaper, and also two pages of the inside of the magazine which will have two short stories over the double page with smaller stories and pictures around the edge.

The front page to the website will be general news around Northamptonshire and the two pages linked on to it will be sports and lifestyle.

I will also make a billboard for the newspaper with a main story showing on it to show what the newspaper is about and where it is based. 

Existing websites

I also have to make a website for my newspaper with two hyper-linked pages on it so I will be using the structure of the Daily Mail and the Chronicle and Echo to help me to create my website.


This is the front page of the Chronicle and Echo:

And this is the front page of the Daily Mail:

Poster for newspaper

I will also base the structure of existing posters on my poster for my newspaper:

     

This is the basic structure I will use for my poster as it outlines all of the points that should be visible to the eye so that potential buyers can see what they are looking at.

Inside pages of newspapers

I will also be basing my first two pages of my newspaper on existing papers so I know how to structure them properly.

Existing newspapers

These are a few newspaper that already exist which I will be basing my newspaper structure on.

 

My coursework idea

I have chosen to create the first two pages of an original local newspaper with a billboard poster for the newspaper and two hyper-linked pages from the papers website.