with my research i have noticed a change from the 25th september issue of bristol post to the previous established grommets featuring on the bristol posts papers over the summer period.
They have taken a new approach to there layout of the newspaper which is now try to target more so females and younger audience as well as middle aged men and women.

there is an interesting page which takes some people personal opinions on the new look.

http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/news/regional-daily-adopts-magazine-style-front-page-in-revamp/    More information can be found on this link . From the new issue on this web link it looks like they gone for a more magazine style layout perhaps this could be to appeal to a younger and female audience.

This new paper published yesturday is very picture heavy just like a magazine and doesnt hold a main cover story now just a main cover photo which is 'balls to the boys' theyve decided to look into womens football achievments rather than the two other mens football teams we have in bristol.

there has been opinions written such as when something more serious appears on the news how will they style a cereal killer story into a magazine looking newspaper.
Similarities however still hold a bold masthead using a serif font which is used for formality


“No matter how much people think they know Bristol, the new Bristol Post strives to find new things for them to do, food for them to eat and places for them to visit, while providing expert insight in to shops, shows, products and performances  this is a more positive look into the new bristol post . 

With further research into articles in the bristol post I'm going to analyse the type of language they use such as the use of nouns. i have also noticed looking into a various amount they go into a lot more detail on the inside pages rather than the front cover of the newspaper as they dont want a word overload to make it look liek theres to much going which they would then add in gradually through the pages as they go on. 

 

 

I have started writing my 2 front cover articles these are my first drafts, then one they are in my front cover layout which i have been planning it, then i will do my 2nd draft to make sure i can improve anything that needs improving.

 I have done some work on Indesign to create my layout of my front cover of the newspaper which i have changed slightly from my original first draft. This was because i had done more research into front covers and i felt having the picture centred in the middle would fit better with the text surrounding and have my advertisement above the masthead and in the bottom right hand corner.

Having done more research into my Bristol post paper. i have now started to configure some more ideas for my advertisement, i have created a 'Bristol beds' advertisement for there end of season summer sale which i will be posting here soon. Also it will feature a Learning to drive add at an affordable price for you as individuals.
 From my questionnaire which i had reached to an age range of 18-55 i have now got a good scope of really excelling of designing and what my newspaper will include of having a real grasp for the content and if i had done enough on my audience research.

  Also having done more research into the Grommets of Bristol trail, and them being held in storage at this moment however they have been opened up this weekend for show on the top of park street. Where 100's of people will gather to see the grommets this has gone on from 18-22Nd.

During the period of the grommets unleashed the Bristol post took the opportunity to be clever with advertising through at a local newspaper not only good advertisement for themselves but also the grommets that have been scattered round Bristol for the last month. They then released there august and early september issues with grommets by the masthead. As shown here and you can see above the gromits that there is more information inside giving you the page number p24 about turning gromits into arts of work.

 

The grommets scattered round Bristol will make an appearance in my newspaper which will feature 2 pictures of the grommets with children that i had taken over the summer and it will have an article feature about the grommet trail and more information about what's involved.

For my poster i will include a smaller print screen version of the front cover of my paper and a headline of ' Your local paper Your local news' Other text to be added ' send in your stories at BristolGazette@hotmail.com and have a chance to win £100. Also i link where you can sign up to get a monthly copy of our paper .

The advertisements that will feature in my newspaper are going to be family based, ranging from Broadband internet and outdoor and home furniture end of summer sale, buffet restaurant that will offer a special offer Monday to Thursday eat all you want for £10, my last advert will be a chance to win a free zoo pass for a month. 
For all my adverts I will be designing my own brand names and adding my own twist.

from my research of local and national they seem to feature a lot of wifi broadband and tv adds such as sky virgin BT talk talk. 
I have taken this on board and as I said I will be adding my own twist to recreate this in my newspaper.

This is an example of the newspaper billboards which can be found for national and local papers. These tend to feature a bold story headline to catch walkers and potential readers to buy the newspaper and make there audience of readers


This is a my rough first draft for my newspaper poster
   

Another Story for my inside page is a Bristol rugby player with year 9 boys from Clifton college, I'm going to be using my brother and a few of his friends and the story is going to be based on an upcoming Bristol rugby player that's come in for a few days of intense rugby training. 
 My photo ideas for this is for the rugby player featured directly in front of the camera and the 4 kids to be spilt in pairs and stand either side. They will be dressed in there Clifton rugby kit on the rugby pitch with the posts in the background. This will be on the left hand side on my inside page.

  Im planning to use this logo for my newspaper but photoshop the (1754), This will feature between bristol and gazette for example.

 

 

above each of the words on my newspaper heading Im going to add a strip of two  advertisement /offers. These features i feel are main conventional parts of a newspaper to really pull it together . Having this above to masthead you cant miss these offers and competitions.  

Being a more local newspaper targeting people with families homeowners just like the bristol post. For my front cover im trying to work on it not being text heavy as researching the daily mail and the bristol post have a link they don't have a huge word count on there front cover because your first impression would be its to word heavy. 

 

The daily mail being one of the most read newspapers in Britain is why i have covered some research on my blog, even though im focusing on local newspapers than national . The reason i have taken this into consideration is because the daily mail and the Bristol post have a link and my main focus is Bristol post.

My photo ideas for my front cover of my newspaper are, below my main story headline and picture it will feature a small picture of the restaurant aqua that has just recently opened in the new up coming town of Portishead.

  And above this small story headline my main story for my front cover is " Hard work of students pays off again" i shall be selecting a mix of guys and girls in there uniform with there as results. I will have about roughly 8 students to participate in the picture behind the main school building. The reason i have chosen this as a story is because i feel its relevant as we have just had our results and newspapers aim is for local news stories to address there audience with relevant topics.

 Above my master head im going to try and fit in a small strip of advertisement on local deals for shops in bristol or restaurants as examples for good short offer advertisement .


My picture idea for my front cover is a medium shot of students from my old school with there results standing behind a school building, with the research of pictures used in newspapers they tend to range from long close up and medium shots on the front cover.

 

I feel this would would work as a front page for my newspaper due to it being a recent event for students across the country and have quotes of what pupils have said and copy this over to my newspaper to make it simular to the research i have done into other newspapers.  

 Below this it will feature a new restaurant that has just appeared in Portishead down by the marina 'aqua' , here i will be showing a view from the outside of the restaurant and split this with a meal from that restaurant and a sample of the menu in the text below in my feature. 

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Story ideas/plan for my newspaper:

  

This is the structure for the front cover of my newspaper, as you can see im focusing on a big mast head with the newspapers logo above Bristol. My main headline and story is going to feature in the middle left and right section of the paper and there will be another smaller story found underneath the picture about the new restaurant 'Aqua' that come to Portishead marina. Then to the right of this an advert is featured, i have chosen BT as this newspaper is aimed at middle age men and woman with family and the story's and advertisement chosen can hopefully aware this audience. 

 

This is my plan for the layout of my inside cover my main feature of this page is going to be the gromits from bristol that have been in the city for the past month, below the story there will be the 5 day weather forcast and the to the left background infomation about the gromits and the trail familys of bristol are doing, and again to the left there will be a home furniture advert.

Another story for my inside page is going to feature a " bristol rugby player" coming to train the years 8's and 9's in rugby and a picture to feature and quotes from the man himself on kids on how it went

  

Through doing my research and looking into different newspapers, i have noticed along the way they all seem to follow a simular trend with there layout. Examples of this are they all have one main story headline and then from this a main image featured in the centre of the page.

   From researching this, and knowing this way works for its audience and if it were to change i do not feel it would work as the majority of newspaper readers are older generations they dont suit as well to change. 

For the content and detail to a newspaper this layout works very well for a clear understanding and for all newspapers to stick to a simular layout for it to work.

Also I found in my research that depending on the content of the newspaper, it has a more appealing factor to middle aged  men and above i only found a small percentage of women would read it if it was left by the husband in the house . Than they older audience today due to common affairs intodays news.

 

 This is the questionnaire i have asked some friends the majority is family ranging from 18-50 +, from this i found the majority of newspaper readers where middle aged and upwards ( 36-55) and second to that was the 26-35 bearing this in mind i have chosen to aim my newspaper at an audience of just under middle age to above middle age. By doing this i shall have a range of stories varying from students results to the gromits scattered round bristol and new restaurants and offers in the local area of bristol portishead and nailsea. 

Also i found that more males read newspaper to women because of the sports pages which are usually located in newspaper however this tends to be found in the national newspapers than local. From this also there was a higher coverage in national newspapers than local.