Final Website

Published Website

Link to the final published website http://ebakes313.wix.com/news-and-current-aff.

This is the home page to my newspaper website, its simple but easy to navigate through and has the colour scheme, style that I was originally going for and has relevant content to the area. The site was made with WIX and I used a pre made template to help get the layout that I wanted.

Newspaper Drafting

Making the Newspaper

Front Page Drafts

these are the drafts for the newspaper articles front page, I needed to fill up my page with stories that would suit the newspaper and I needed stories that were form around or in the area of where newspaper is from. The main story I could find that would go well on the newspaper front page was about 82 year old Mr Wilson who went missing, I was going to choose this as it was the latest and most heard of news for the area. The front page of a newspaper usually has a few headline stories with smaller articles around the page, adverts and the newspaper name is located at the top of the page. only a few images are used with two displaying for two stories, most news stories do not have images they rather have only text leaving the reader to imagine the story. There newspaper was made using SAI a Japanese drawing application, I used this instead as I had no access to Photoshop cc which would of made the layout of the newspaper easier to do and I could of done a lot more editing to the fonts and changing around the images.

Final Newspaper Front Page

Final Newspaper Front Page

here is the final front page of my newspaper article, from looking at other existing articles I have used them as inspiration for the front cover. the front page has the main headline stories that will get the most attention from the audience. The price tag is visible on the top left hand side, the main headline title is shown on the top of the newspaper so it is instantly the first thing the reader see's. The main big story has the most content where the other's have not as much content, smaller articles are shown around the newspaper page.

Newspaper Name

Newspaper Name

Ideas

Here are some design ideas and mock ups of some designs for my newspaper name, The main idea I want is the name to be in bold regal lettering to show it is a serious newspaper and to make it look more professional to the audience. The font will be bold so it is eye catching and it will have a more old look to it like what other newspapers use for their titles. Some will have a animal or building that represents the area of the newspaper such as a church or a bird etc.

Here the titles are given plain fonts without any other symbols on them, as I will make them desperately with symbols such as a church, bird etc in another edit to see if I will choose them with or without them for the final title.The names have similar font styles but all differ from each other, they mainly have very slim lettering such as the Hedingham Gazette and the Hedingham Echo titles, while Hedingham Daily is more bold and stands out the most.

Here the titles are made with symbols instead of being a plain font on its own, the Hedingham Echo is given the villages coat of arms as its back drop behind the title this is to show where the newspaper is from and to make it look more like a real newspaper that you would buy. While Hedingham Gazette has the typical birds flying around the font and this is most commonly found on newspapers, it suits the font more to have these symbols than for the other titles. Hedingham Daily is given a more plain looking shield which is  not as detailed as the Hedingham Echo's coat of arms, It has a more plainer look to it. Hedingham Times has a church which is to represent its old church building in the area which is historical in the village.