Start of 3rd front cover.

This needs to be changed, I have put this here as a reminder so that I can see what I need to change and how I need to do it.







First of all I copied in text logo, I thought that if I just went back to basics and removed the outline then it would look better.

Second I created some contact details for the paper, I included the ones from the website as well as a 'URL' for Facebook and Twitter. I also chose to include the date inside this box as I have currently not decided were I am going to put it but atleast I know that it is on the page.






I then put the slogan;

The islands only independent paper.

At the top of the page to show that it is an independent paper and I chose to put it in red to fit with the colour scheme of the logo and this is part of creating the house style of my paper.



The logo just didn't look right and it was missing something then I had the idea of a company slogan under the logo and then I had to think of one.

The one I came up with was; ‘Independent high quality news, that 

includes your voice’

I am really trying to show that it is independent and reader participation is really important to me and I think this is something that I should defiantly tell the reader so that they know they can have there say within the local paper. 

I chose to put the contact details in a a 'salmon pink' box, this is partly so they stand out and then also to stand out from the house style but also fits in with the other subtle colours that I have used.

I have also created the advert for the papers 'app'. I did this by typing application into the clip art and choosing this picture. I then put it into the box that I had typed about how to download the app.


I then created an advert for the activities inside the paper, I did this in the same way as before. Using the clip art, and then cropping the image slightly and then lining it up with the edge of the box. I then changed the colour of the text at the top to red, this is so that it stands out more and so that each different advert is clear and distinctive.

 I have inserted the story about 'tynwald debating raising the age of driving'. I think that for now it works well here and and the positioning of it works quite well.








I have now inserted the smaller articles about down the side of the cover, I think that these work well here but I am not sure about if I will leave them there. I am thinking it might be an overcrowded front cover if I don't get the spacing right.




I thought about putting a solid block of colour in the center of the page surrounding the main story, but once I had done it and tried a couple of other colours, including the deep red and the salmon pink, but it just didn't work.

 I then realised that the colour scheme for the paper was to distinct, there was to much contrast between the white and the red so I  decided to change the colour of the background to a slightly duller shade of white. I am aware that when this goes to the press that the paper will not be a full white and this is why I have done this so I am more aware of what it will look like when I am finished.

I have now realized that the layout is basically the same as the previous cover that I didn't like an despite changing the colour and the logo, it still does not work.








I have now decided to try a different layout, I have measured all the photographs to the same size and made the spaces between them equal and put them in line with the slightly darker grey section. All the text boxes are in line and level so it looks neat and professional.

I then copied in the rest of the stories from the paper and crammed them together, I quickly realized that this layout did not work either and that I need to take each individual thing of and seriously think about getting the balance of this right.






The first thing was remove the darker grey at the top of the page, and then seeing how it looked I realized that everything was merged together and that there was no distinction and that did not work.

I have now removed the story about 'benefits' and re coloured the logo and the thin line at the top after bringing them inline with one another and make it look clean cut and professional. This still does not look right and I think more work needs to be done.

By inserting a small picture of 'Mr Cardoso' and aliening all the other stories to making it neat as well as introducing  a small definitions line of deep red around the whole of the main cover story. I think it adds a bit of definition and makes thing look clear and crisp which is just what I want.




I have now inserted a small story about a comic book writer and have massive success, and I have double checked that everything is in line and I have removed all the black lines surrounding the boxes so that the colour is all the same and the only thing separating them is the equal spaces between every story.

My Finished Front Cover.