Images on the front page

These are all pictures that are included on the front page. Every single one of them was taken and edited by myself. All editing was done on Adobe Photoshop Elements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the image for the main article about the Victorian terrace houses.
 I have not edited this image as I did not feel that it needed it

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is an image that I took of flowers, so that it could be an inside story for the front page, which would be about a flower show.
The only editing I did to this was enhancing the colours, the brightness and the contrast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is for another story that is inside the newspaper, with the headline "Liz Riley comes to H.I.C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is for an inside story with the headline "Family Reunited"

 

 

 

Again, this is for an inside story with the headline "Harrogate Grammar trip to York Minster"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again, this is for an inside story with the headline "Dog saved from fire"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again, this is for an inside story with the headline "Kboro photo exhibition"

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

This picture is for the article about Car Free Day in Harrogate

 

Articles on the front page

Work ready for Victorian eyesore (main headline)
WORK can finally begin on the abandoned Victorian terraces on the corner of Boroughbridge Road and the High Street in Knaresborough. The building work will begin on the 16th October 2009, and the development is expected to be completed by summer 2011.
Steven Peach, 48, is the leading architect of this exciting project. The row of 6 houses will be demolished and then rebuilt, keeping as many of the original features as possible, whilst incorporating modern amenities and energy-saving devices.
The private, gated development will be named Bond End Gardens, with the front gardens possibly moving back half a metre so that there is more room for pedestrians on the pavement.
This project follows in the wake of other restoration schemes around Knaresborough, designed to help maintain the town’s historic appeal.

• I have edited this article by shortening it quite considerably and only stating the very basic facts about it because otherwise it would not have fitted into the box in the newspaper

Town excited for new River Island store
HARROGATE will certainly be looking more fashionable soon, when the new River Island stores plans to open at Cambridge Street on October 17th, with regular opening times applying.
Rumours have been adrift for months after the closure of Sports Direct and Original Shoe, and refurbishment has been quick, as it started only months ago. Though some are concerned about the recession, and opening a new retail store at this time, this is sure to encourage shoppers to come into town and try and boost the economy, and provide up to around 30 people with employment.
The new shop might even be a boost for Harrogate shopping, as Elizabeth Riley told the Harrogate Gazette “I’ve always had to go to York or Leeds to shop at River Island, and this will encourage me to stay in Harrogate, I’m really excited about it!”
http://www.riverisland.com/

This article actually needed lengthening as initially it was incredibly short, so I added a quite and the link at the end.

Climbing wall plans step forward
A Harrogate Borough Council meeting on 22nd September spoke in favour of plans for a Climbing Wall situated at Hornbeam Park Avenue. The climbing wall would be a significant improvement for Harrogate, as it would make use of Valley House, as well as creating up to 30 full time and part time jobs. The indoor climbing wall would also include a play area, café and shop that will only be available to use if the facilities are in use by a paying customer.

• I didn't need to change anything to this article

Car Free Day?
22ND September saw Harrogate and Knaresborough’s second annual Car Free Day. Though last year was a great success, but unfortunately this time around it was a completely different story.
Though free bus travel was available and it as possible to hire bikes for free all day, it seemed that simply not enough people were aware of this, as many are saying that this year the Car Free Day was not hyped enough. Erica Hodgson, 17, told the Harrogate Gazette, “I was only aware that it was even Car Free Day when I was driving down Knaresborough road on the actual day and saw a banner advertising it. I was also in traffic at the time.”
It seems that Knaresborough Road wasn’t the only one unaffected by the day, as Holly Bellerby, 34, claimed “on Otley Road, it was terrible! If anything, the traffic was worse than any other day.”

• This article was shortened greatly, as it was almost 5 paragraphs long at first, and therefore not many other articles could fit onto the newspaper.

Recession business boom
CAROLINE Peach, owner of hairdressing salon Moo Hair in Harrogate, is at least one success story to come from the recession we find ourselves in.
Caroline, mother of 3, said that her business has been ‘better than ever’ and is thinking that ‘during these times, I’ve noticed that people are tending to support their smaller local businesses rather than the chain stores because they don’t want them to close. I never expected to be this busy when I opened last year because of the economic climate, but as of yet there have been no problems whatsoever!’
Caroline is expecting business to be booming even more, after recently employing Ruth Madden, 25.

• This article was very quickly added because after shortening the previous article, there was a bit of space left on the newspaper so I added this in. This article did not need editing. 

Mission Statement

Name: The Harrogate Gazette
Price: 75p
Slogan: Yorkshires Most Exciting Town
News Values: Economic, Human, Proximity, Social, Political
Audience: Everyone

I plan to include other areas around Harrogate in this newspaper, so as to broaden the audience. I will try and get a lot of photos included, because people tend to only look at the photos, and buy newspapers for their photographs.

Harrogate Advertiser Notes

I have made notes on the Harrogate Advertiser for the 4th September. This is to help me figure out what I should include in my local newspaper, and how many articles I should roughly have.


Local newspaper research

Harrogate Advertiser, Friday 4th September 2009
Amount of stories on 1st page: 5
Amount of stories on 2nd page: 10

1st Page – 5 articles
· Gridlock: the six biggest bottlenecks
o 6 images
· Angry Town chief fires rugby club warning
o 2 images
· ‘Sickening’ images doctor struck-off
· Volunteer Oscars search for unsung heroes
· Are you doing the Great North Run? If so, you should tell us about it – or send us your photographs
The front page has a total of 15 images, not including the advert at the bottom of the page.
The main article is relatively small, made up mostly of pictures.
On the right of the page there is an index section, featuring 5 major articles.
There are 2 mini-articles asking for people to volunteer people for the Volunteer Oscars, and asking if people are doing the Great North Run.

2nd Page – 10 articles
· Happy couple who just can’t stop dancing
o 2 images
· St Peter’s is blessed with support for £2m facelift
o 1 image
· Trampled by cow as she walked her dog
· Is this your stash of jewellery, ask police
o 1 image
· Residents forced to move out after house collapse
o 1 image
· Woman faces charges
· £6m trade boost for HIC
· Show guest is a cut above
· Vandals’ milk attack on Audi
· Wherefore art thou Romeo?
The second page only really has 3 major articles, with 7 mini-articles and an advert. Only one of the mini-articles has a photo.
All of the images have a box round it if it is a square image.
There is another index section running across the top of the page, telling of the different sections of the newspaper.

Audience Research Feedback

I have received the feedback for my questionnaire that I handed out to 30 people. I got quite similar responses from the majority of people, so that is quite helpful


Questionnaire (the answers in bold are the amount of answers I received)

Are you male or female?
male - 18
female - 12

What is your age?
Under 18 - 6
18-25 - 1
26-35 - 6
36-45 - 8
46-55 - 9
56+ - 0

Which local newspapers do you buy?
The Harrogate Advertiser - 30
The Knaresborough Post - 2
The Ripon Gazette - 1
The Yorkshire Post - 10

The reason there were more answers than people asked in the above question is because people tended to buy more than one local newspaper

How often do you buy your local newspaper?
daily - 0
weekly - 28
monthly - 0
occasionally - 2

Does anyone else in the household read the newspaper apart from you?
If so, list age and gender
All answers for this was yes, and most of the answers tended to be 45+, with a good mix of male and female

What articles appeal to you? (tick all that apply)
sport - 18
human interest - 21
local politics - 10
entertainment - 26
local events - 29
other_____________ - 23

How important is it to you that the newspaper has good photos?
very - 26
not very - 3
doesn’t matter to me - 1

Do you like your newspaper to have a political stance, or do you prefer it to be neutral?
political stance - 4
neutral - 26

What are your best and worst points about the local newspaper that you read?
best - These answers tended to be based around the fact that their newspaper didn't have a political stance, and that they included events from places just outside their local area
worst - I received a lot of answers claiming that their local newspaper didn't focus on schools enough

Newspaper draft layout

I created a draft newspaper so that I could figure out the layout that I am going to use for the newspaper:

Website references

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.nsdatabase.co.uk

http://www.britishpapers.co.uk

Harrogate Advertiser articles

These are the main stories which have been in the Harrogate Advertiser in the past few weeks. This is helpful for me because then I know what kind of articles to include in my own newspaper.

Hard News
"£1.3m refurb for Police station"
"North Yorkshire Country Council election results"

Entertainment
"Harrogate hairstylist wins Vogue shoot"
"Talented youths make their debut at Aldborough"
"Dame Helen to star in Odeon Harrogate link-up"

Human Interest
"Ex-Ashville Head dies"
"Fire at BCB near Tockwith"
"Swine-flu causes closure of Ripon School"
"St. Aidan's dinners are the best"
"Harrogate man and dog in 104ft plunge"

Sport
"Harrogate clinch moral-boosting win" (cricket)
"Weaver's revolution begins as Town signs five new players" (football)
"Harrogate suffer Yorkshire League defeat" (cricket)

Audience Research

Today we made a questionnaire which will help us find out more information about what people like in their local newspapers. We created this as a group, and will hand it out to around 5 people each.


Questionnaire (circle your answers)

Are you male or female?
male female

What is your age?
Under 18 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56+

Which local newspapers do you buy?
____________________________________

How often do you buy your local newspaper?
daily weekly monthly occasionally

Does anyone else in the household read the newspaper apart from you? If so, list age and gender
yes ______________________________________________ No

What articles appeal to you?
sport human interest local politics entertainment local events other_____________

How important is it to you that the newspaper has good photos?
very not very doesn’t matter to me

Do you like your newspaper to have a political stance, or do you prefer it to be neutral?
political stance neutral

What are your best and worst points about the local newspaper that you read?
best ________________________________________________________
worst_______________________________________________________

Newspaper Research

Today I researched information about two local newspapers:

Harrogate Advertiser
The newspaper was founded in 1836 and is distributed mainly in the Harrogate area, but it is widely read in other areas such as Ripon, Knaresborough, Wetherby, Pately Bridge and Leeds. It comes out every Friday, costing 88p, and is one of the leading titles in a series of 6 local newspapers in the North Yorkshire area. It is published by the Ackrill Media Group.
Total circulation: 29637

Ripon Gazette
It was founded in 1889, and it's full titles is Ripon Gazette & Boroughbridge Herald, although most people just call it Ripon Gazette. It comes out every Friday and aswell as the Harrogate Advertiser, costs 88p, and is published by the Akcrill Media Group. Its sister newspapers in the Johnston Press network of websites are the Harrogate Advertiser and the Northallerton Times.
(was unable to find circulation figures)
Yorkshire Post
This newspaper is the oldest paper in Yorkshire, and the most well-known. When it first started in 1754, it was called Leedes Intelligencer. It is distributed throughout the whole of traditional Yorkshire. It is known as one of the weightiest daily local newspapers ever since the Manchester Guardian graduated to a national level in 1959. Even though local/regional newspapers are supposed to have a neutral pollitical stance, the Yorkshire Post is conservative.
Total circulation: 45718