The document proposes the creation of a new local newspaper called "The Brent Insider". Key details include:
- The name and slogan ("Unfold the truth...") are meant to clearly identify the locality covered and pique readers' interest in learning the full truth.
- The minimalist logo features the newspaper's name in a unique mint green and white color scheme.
- Proposed lead stories are about a senior citizen mugged for a bag of chips and a local teenager's elimination from a TV talent show.
- Font choices and layout are meant to balance readability with a modern design approach different from traditional newspapers.
2. Name Of Newspaper:
‘The Brent Insider’
I've decided upon this name because its short, punchy & to the point. It straight away
informs the audience of the locality the newspaper is based on.
It is short and ‘punchy’, this puts it as a marketing advantage as people are less likely
to remember a name if its too long or confused about the title.
Whereas, this name simply suggests it’ll inform one of what's going on inside Brent,
which is precisely the aim of the newspaper.
Additionally, it is a unique newspaper name, as through research I’ve not yet come
across another newspaper with the same name.
3. Newspaper Slogan:
‘Unfold the truth…’
This is a play on words, with double meaning of ‘unfolding the truth’; having the truth
of news revealed to you as well as ‘unfolding the truth’; psychically unfolding the actual
newspaper containing genuine news.
I decided upon this slogan as not only is it short and memorable but through my own
experience I have found that a slogan with a play on words is a great marketing skill and
attracts consumers as its more fun & unique .
The actual meaning of my slogan is also of significance as mainstream media tends to
exaggerate stories, leaving audiences wondering what the truth is, giving my newspaper
more of a unique selling point.
‘Unfold the truth’ will appeal to my audience more so because they are even more likely
to want to know no little than the complete truth of their surroundings, as it concerns
the community in which they live.
The ‘…’ (an ellipsis) at the end almost conveys the slogan as a cliff-hanger , leaving you
to want more thus actually reading within the newspaper.
4. Logo:
Through secondary research into local newspapers, I found the majority did
not include a symbolic logo, rather the way their font was designed was their
symbol.
I initially decided to incorporate the following logo into my newspaper
However, I thought to use convention of a local newspaper by making it more
subtle by including it in the following way instead;
As you can see I did want to have unique selling point to my local newspaper
and decided to also challenge the conventions of a local newspaper by using a
unique colour scheme of mint green and white, as I've not yet come across this
through the local newspapers I've seen.
I decided to upon his colour as its neutral, nothing too bright as I want the
newspaper to be taken seriously , also to prevent the audience getting confused
with a tabloid or magazine which tend to have brighter logos/fonts.
Rather I aim for it to easily identified as a local newspaper.
The actual logo was designed to look slightly like an eye, but be simple and
easily identifiable, as I felt the relation between my newspaper name includes
‘Insider’ also the slogan includes ‘truth’, my logo symbolises the consumer
should look inside and see what's inside also the idea of what we witness with
our eyes we cannot deny as the truth, (i.e it is not hearsay)
5. Font style etc
I intend to use ‘Trajan Pro (Bold) for the title / masthead
Arial Body for subheading/quotes
Arial Body (Bold) For the Headline
I chose to use these fonts as they were clear to read as oppose to many other fonts as
shown below:
HEADLINE (Arial Body) HEADLINE (French Script MT)
I chose to use a maximum of 3 different font styles because I didn’t want to bombard the
audience with too many different fonts and styles as this goes against the convention of
a newspaper, which tend to use clear concise fonts as I have.
One convention of Newspaper (particularly old traditional ones) are to use the following
font.
I've decided to not use this classic style as it may comes across as outdated and not
modern as competing local newspapers also don’t use this.
6. Lead story
‘Feeble Senior battered for a bag of chips’.
Story about a senior citizen merely on her way home with a handbag with her,
she was mugged for it by 2 feral teenagers in a brutal snatch and grab for what
turned out to be nothing valuable but a bag of chips.
The reason I decided upon this story was because I found unusual stories grab
the attention of readers because it is something out of the norm. I found this to
be true through my own primary research and experience as the following
article was one I was particularly keen to read.
I also found negative stories making headline to be trending in Local
Newspapers and Media in general appears to sell more. Therefore, I decided
upon a mugging story.
I considered other headlines such as; Grandmother victim of a brutal Snatch n
Grab, however this headline doesn’t reveal the uniqueness of this story which
was that the muggers who expected to find money/valuable within the
handbag, found a bag of chips instead.
However I did not want to give too much away in just the headline and I
wanted to include emotive language as well as I find that this would captivate
the audience more and empathise with the victim of the situation.
I considered other headlines such as; Grandmother victim of a brutal Snatch n
Grab, however this headline doesn’t reveal the uniqueness of this story which
was that the muggers who expected to find money/valuable within the
handbag, found a bag of chips instead.
8. Second Story
‘Local teenager eXiled from X-factor’.
Story about a local teenager who starred on hit television talent show; ‘The X-Factor’
and was the most recent contestant to lose his spot on the show.
10. Language
For the Lead headline ‘Feeble Senior battered for a bag of chips’.
I did not want to give too much away in just the headline and I wanted to include emotive language
such as feeble & battered as well, as I find that this would captivate the audience more and empathise
with the victim of the situation.
I thought marketing tools such as the slight alliteration with ‘Battered for Bag of chips’ would also
make the headline more ‘attractive’
I don’t consider my Local newsapper to be tabloid gossip filled newspaper so I aim to avoid using slang
despite it being a local newspaper and some slang being atypical of the locality of the newspaper, I
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