The name of my Newspaper.

For the title of my newspaper I want to come up with something that will be easily remembered, that is simple and not too long. An example of this is: 'The News'. This title is short but very effective as it wont be forgotten because of its simplicity. I need something like this for the title of my newspaper, so in order to  come up with something like this I will conduct a survey so that I know that the audience will have a say in what the title of the newspaper will be.

The names that I have chosen to be put up to the public vote are:
Spinnaker Mail,
Portsmouth Today,
Portsmouth Daily,
The Daily Wave and
The Tide.

I have published a survey to my Facebook account for people to comment on.

Story idea images

Here are some images that I have started to gather from Copnor, for my local newspaper. There are images of litter in the street, a rubbish bin and recycle bin, and an empty overgrown field. I will chose the best one of these images to use with a short story that will be featured on the front cover.

Advertisement and competition

I have taken some photos that I took whilst I was on holiday and I am going to use some as competition images and advertisement images. Here are the images that I am thinking of using. You will be able to view them by clicking the photo tiles above that will take you to the set on Flickr.

Advertisement and competition

I have taken some photos that I took whilst I was on holiday and I am going to use some as competition images and advertisement images. Here are the images that i am thinking of using. You will be able to view them by clicking the link below.

The first draft of my newspaper story

MOTORISTS and the local community have 10 more weeks of disturbances due to the road works along Copnor road.

What started off as a 10-week closure of Burrfields Bridge, the traffic lights and lane closure leading on to Copnor Road has now become a 20-week disturbance.

The bridge is to be re-surfaced and re-waterproofed, and as a result of this work there have been delays for motorists for which now looks like 20 weeks.

The queues of traffic along Copnor road are backed up to Roko gym during rush hour and it is having an effect on the families living along the road.

Sarah Williams, who lives nearest to the road works said:

‘To get to my home on Copnor Road during rush hour is virtually impossible. I have to park three roads away and walk home as otherwise I will be spending half hour in traffic at least.’

The head teacher of Admiral Lord Nelson School relies on the bridge to get his students to and from school.

‘With the bridge closure, students who use the bus service that runs over the bridge are going to have to find an alternative route to get to school. This will mean that lateness will be an issue in the weeks to come, as the last 10 weeks of closure was during the summer holidays so there wasn’t a problem for the school but now this is going to become a big issue.’

Sources have said that ‘The builders who are working on the bridge are never there. They don’t look like they are in any rush to finish.’

Many Local members of the community have noticed the builder’s un-rushed approach to re-surfacing the bridge and are furious at the time extension. 

Monday 17th October 2011

In todays lesson I wrote my first newspaper story, however it still needs tweaking. I will post the finished article on my blog along with the pictures that I am going to use with the story.

Monday 10th October 2011

Today I uploaded all my pictures so far on to Flickr and cropped the images to make them look more effective.

Before and after

Before and after, a set on Flickr.

I have played around with the images and I have cropped some of them to make them more effective. This way they will be better when presented on the front of the newspaper. i have placed the images next to their original so that the parts that i have cropped are clearer.

Traffic lights, car

IMG_1723, a photo by Courtenay Jones on Flickr.

I also like this image as it even shows a vehicle within the interruption and also shows the road works continuing with the cones and covered traffic lights. I think this image will be great for the front page story.

Sign post, Traffic Cones

IMG_1722, a photo by Courtenay Jones on Flickr.

I like this image because it highlights the problem, by the text on the sign. Straight away it will tell the reader about the story and the will be able to recognize the area as a vast majority of Portsmouth residents are familiar with these interruptions.

Courtenay Jones' photostream

Courtenay Jones' photostream on Flickr.

Over the past week I have been out to find some local news. The main story that I want to feature on the front cover of my newspaper is the closure of burfeilds bridge due to the resurfacing of the bridge and the development of the traffic lights in Copnor road.
I went out and took some pictures of the bridge itself and the traffic lights so that I can start to think about  how to write up my story and how to lay it out on the front of my newspaper. Feel free to take a look at all my photos. I have also taken a few more pictures of litter and vandalism in the local area in order to seek out other stories to put on my front page, in a preview of whats inside or on the inside page itself.