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.