ResearchFront pagesThis slide show will present my research

into existing front pages from local newspapers. By researching these it will

trigger ideas for my newspaper and show me how to make mine look realistic and

professional.

Wigan Observer

I researched covers of the Wigan Observer which is an existing local newspaper. The cover seems to include one story, one or two adverts and a banner above the story detailing parts of what’s inside, both include a competition. The cover story’s seem to be negative, usually a local

tragedy or a death. The images on the front of the first cover seem to be unprofessional and more like family photos. The second cover’s image seems to be a more professional location shot. The most prominent colours on both covers are blue black and red. Newspapers keep

colour to a minimum , this is a feature which I will apply to my newspaper. On both posters and advert is placed in the top and bottom right hand corner the larger advert at the bottom.

Wigan Evening PostI researched covers of

the Wigan Evening Post as this is an

existing local newspaper, I really

like the layout of this cover with the advert banner at the bottom and a large image and

headline. I much prefer this layout and the colours used to

the ones in the previous (the Wigan Observer) because I feel that the block

writing with the red back ground on the logo makes it stand out and more eye-catching. I will take

this layout into account when creating my newspaper cover.

Wigan ReporterThe final local newspaper cover I chose to research is the Wigan

Reporter. I would say that this is my least favourite layout of the three for a number of reasons; firstly the fact that the images

are much smaller so don't really give much of a stand out eye-

catching effect so wouldn't really attract an audience as good.

Another reason is I don’t like the amount of adverts on the cover I

think that it distracts the audience from the cover story as many of the adverts are larger

than the photos for the story. On the other hand I do like the red and black colour scheme of the

logo and banner underneath it as the bright colour will attract

people to look.