Potentional Newspaper Names, fonts and colour schemes.

Potential Newspaper Names

Harrogate Post

Harrogate Herald –I have chosen Harrogate Herald as it clearly explains the area the paper is aimed at. Herald is a traditional established name, which suggests the paper is reliable. Herald also implies that the newspaper will announce up to date news about Harrogate. Harrogate Herald also has alliteration.

Harrogate Gazette

Harrogate Voice

Harrogate Express

Harrogate Chronicle

Harrogate Messenger

Potential Statements.

Voice of the community since 1832.

Up to date news of the town and surrounding areas.

Established in 1832.

Voice of the town and surrounding areas since 1932.  – I have chosen this one for my statement as it explains that it is aimed at not just Harrogate but also its surrounding areas.

Fonts

Harrogate Herald

Harrogate Herald

Harrogate Herald

Harrogate Herald

Harrogate Herald  - I have chosen to put Harrogate in a bold and clear so it states simply who the paper is aimed at. Herald is in a more traditional font as it shows that the paper is reliable and well established.

Voice of the town and surrounding areas since 1932.  -

Voice of the town and surrounding areas since 1932.

Voice of the town and surrounding areas since 1932.

Colours

Harrogate Herald 

Harrogate Herald

Harrogate Herald

Story Ideas - Run away hamster

Bear the hamster was found rolling down Beech Road on Wednesday, September 28.

The runaway hamster had got out of the front door as Lucy Hall, 46, mother of 3, had left it open in the hot weather that hit Harrogate last week.  

Bear was later found in the afternoon by a Fran Southgate, 15, on her way home from school. “I saw a ball rolling down the road and wondered how it was moving as there was no wind. As I got closer I realised it was a hamster!”

Billy Hall, 7, the owner of bear, had returned home from school to find an empty cage. Having looked all over the house mum Lucy realised she had left the door open. After searching the street they had given up hope. However, Fran’s little sister, Lily Southgate, 8, knew Bear was Billy’s hamster and told took him to his worried home.

Story Ideas - Lyke wake walk challenge for Henshaw Collage.

17 young people from Harrogate completed the 40 mile, Lyke Wake walk on the Sunday, September 25 in aid of the Henshaw College.

The 17 friends decided to do the charity walk after a group of them visited the college with school. They recognised what a good job the charity was doing, with such limited resources.

Henshaw College is a school for the blind. It provides support and education to blind people in Harrogate and surrounding areas.

The group set off in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, September 24. They walked North to East, starting just north of Osmotherly. They camped overnight at the Eller Back camp site, to carry on their walk to the Raven Hotel Pub in Raven Scar. The trip took them 2 full days, walking at least 10 hours a day.

The group managed to raise £2000, which will be used by the college to by new resources for Henshaw College.

If you wish to make a donation to Henshaw College please make checks to or go on their website www.henshaw.college.harrogate.co.uk

Story Ideas - Hospital car park expansion

The plans for a new £9m cancer centre and two-storey car park have been granted for Harrogate Hospital.

Harrogate Committee first made the decision about the two-storey car park, after debating  the effect it would have on local residents and visitors to the hospital. It was passed by 11 votes to two, with two abstentions.

Philip Hopper, whose home is on Lancaster Park Road, and overlooks the hospital, commented “Lancaster Road is always busy. The local bus even stopped as it could not get through all the traffic.” He feels that the council should focus on making the hospital more accessible from the road, rather than making more parking spaces.

The council assured local residents that the two-storey car park was the best plan out of 16. A spokesman for the council went on to say they are creating a travel route around the hospital, which would encourage staff, patients and visitors to walk, cycle or use public transport to access the hospital and hopefully reduce the traffic on Lancaster Park Road.

“The hospital has always been in need of more parking spaces. The parking facilities at the moment are not adequate for the number of visitors we have, and the staff parking is always full to capacity.” commented Dr.Potter, 42, a surgeon at Harrogate Hospital. “The additional car park is being welcomed by both staff and hospital visitors alike, and should reduce the stress created by the current parking.” 

   Does Harrogate Hospital need a new car park? How does the traffic around the hospital effect you? Write a letter to the editor with your opinions, address on page 7.

Edited Story Idea - Cancer Center for Harrogate Hospital

            Plans for Harrogate Hospital to create a separate specialist cancer unit on site costing £9.2m were accepted last week.

The centre’s plans were granted by the councillors after they unanimously voted for it. There were concerns that the building would be too big for the area, and that the trees on Wetherby Road would have to be destroyed, which would lose screening. However, after being reassured that the building would be as small as possible, and that more plants would be planted to cover the building the councillors had clearly made up their minds.  

The 3 storey building is due to be built on the east side of the hospital. The unit will also have its own car park for the patients using the facility. This is important as the centre will treat people all over Yorkshire, and could cause traffic congestion.

                 The centre is being part funded by 4 different sources. Sir Terry Prichard and Macmillan Cancer Support have both donated generously by giving £4m each. £20,000 has been raised by local charities and trusts.

                Harrogate Grammar School chose the centre for their charity of the year and raised £9,000! Harrogate’s local Brownies and Cubs has a great team effort to raise money, from junior discos, bake sales and a huge sponsored walk around Fewston reservoir, they managed to raise £6,000! Friends of Harrogate Hospital raised £5,000 by a charity fair held on the Stray.

                                                                           

The remaining £1m  has been provided by Harrogate and District NHS foundation Trust. 

The specialist centre will have a chemotherapy floor, dedicated to the patients’ needs whilst trying to make the treatment less stressful. With plasma TVs, electronic toys, Kindles with 1000 of books on, and also 3 newly furnished sitting rooms, where family and friends can come with the patient to support them.

                Harrogate Hospital is also trying to make the centre more child friendly so the children who have to have treatment, or whose parents have cancer, will not feel more stressed and uncomfortable.

The new unit will mean that cancer patients will no longer have to travel to Leeds for critical treatment.  

Karen Snowdon, 48, a breast cancer survivor and previous patient at Harrogate Hospital, who had to be referred to Leeds, supported the centre. “I think this new centre will be great for cancer sufferers in Harrogate. It means they will get quicker referral. It has great ideas to make it child friendly as hospitals are scary places even for adults.”

The centre’s grand opening is planned for May 2013, and it will be ready to provide treatment in June 2013. Work is set to start at the beginning of 2012, weather permitting.

       How will the cancer centre help you? What are your views? Send your views at jane.foster.news@HA.co.uk or write a letter to the editor using the address on page 7.

• I have edited this story as this article would make front page news, whereas the new car park would be preferred on the second page. I have split the two stories up and but more detail in this one.
• I am going to use this story as my main headline story as it is a recent, up to date story, which involves people. The community in Harrogate will also want to know information like this as it is relevant.

               

Story Idea - News Digest - Antique auction at Wesley Methodist Chapel

An auction sale is being held at Wesley Methodist Chapel, Oxford Street, Harrogate, on Saturday, October 1.

A proportion of the profit will be donated to Harrogate Hospital to help develop the children ward.

The show room will be open from 10am – 1pm and the auction starts at 2pm.

Story Ideas - News Digest - Man Dies in A59 crash

Man dies in A59 crash

A man was killed in a four-vehicle crash on the A59, near Skipton last Monday evening.

Paul Sinclair, 48, farther of two, from Harrogate, was driving a green Mazda Miata, which was caught in the tragic collision with a blue Ford Fiesta Zetec, silver Land Rover Discovery and a VW people carrier.

Sinclair was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, although the other drivers experienced shock and whiplash they were not seriously injured.  All the casualties were treated at Harrogate Hospital.

Police are still investigating the incident and are looking for witnesses. If you witnessed the accident, or saw any of the vehicles mentioned around the time of the collision, should contact Traffic Constable Phil Cowling or Traffic Sergeant Peter Jones at the North Yorkshire road policing group on 0895 6363542, quoting reference 458896245745.

Story Ideas - News Digest - Katie Price Visits Harrogate

Katie Price, 33, ex glamour model, also known as Jordan, was spotted at GC motors, on Ripon Road, in Harrogate on Wednesday, September 21.

She was picking up her new personalised matte pink Range Rover, which is allegedly setting her back a massive £90,000.

Katie said on her hit show “What Katie did Next”, ITV 2, that this Ranger Rover represented the new her after splitting with boyfriend Tom Holden, 28, ex-football player. 

The Range Rover has personalised seats with KP, standing for Katie Price, embroidered on the pink leopard print leather seats.

Katie who stayed The Swan, is said to have loved Harrogate, and will be hopefully returning soon.

Story Idea - News Digest - Asda Fire

Last Monday a fire broke out in the in the female toilets of the Harrogate branch of Asda. This activated the building’s sprinkler system, and the fire service were automatically called to the scene.

 Asda’s spokesperson said “Fortunately it was only a small fire in one of the bins in the female toilets. Lucky, no one was hurt, the fire was easily controlled, meaning the store was only closed for a short amount of time. “

Lucida Parkin, 34, mother of 2, was evacuated from the building, “Asda’s staff was helpful and organised. They knew what to do, kept calm and looked after us very well.” 

Asda would like to apologise for the inconvenience and stress caused to the customers. An investigation has been launched.

Story Idea - Harrogate Hospitals New Cancer Center

The plans for a new £9m cancer centre and two-storey car park have been granted for Harrogate Hospital.

Harrogate Committee first made the decision about the two-storey car park, after debating of the effect it would have on local residents and visitors to the hospital. It was passed by 11 votes to two, with two abstentions.

Philip Hopper, whose home is on Lancaster Park Road, and overlooks the hospital, commented “Lancaster Road is always busy. The local bus even stopped as it could not get through all the traffic.” He feels that the council should focus on making the hospital more accessible from the road, rather than making more parking spaces.

The council assured local residents that the two-storey car park was the best plan out of 16. A spokesman for the council went on to say they are creating a travel route around the hospital, which would encourage staff,  patients and visitors to walk, cycle or use public transport to access the hospital and hopefully reduce the traffic on Lancaster Park Road.

Having approved the car park the councillors moved on to consider the Cancer Centre. There were concerns that the building would be too big for the area, and that the trees on Wetherby Road would have to be destroyed, which would lose screening. However, after being reassured that the building would be as small as possible, and more plants would be planted to cover the building, the councillors unanimously granted permission for the development.

The money for the Cancer centre has been part-funded by Sir Robert Ogden and Macmillan Cancer Support who have both donated generously by giving £3.5. The remaining £2m has been provided by Harrogate and District NHS foundation Trust.

The centre will mean that cancer patients will no longer have to travel to Leeds for critical treatment. They are also making the centre child friendly so the unfortunate children who have to have treatment, or whose parents are having treatment will not feel completely out of their comfort zone.

Karen Snowton, 48, a breast cancer survivor and previous patient at Harrogate Hospital, who had to be referred to Leeds supported the centre. “I think this new centre will be great for cancer sufferers in Harrogate. It means they will get quicker referral. It is great ideas to make it child friendly as hospitals are scary places even for adults.”

Ideas for Stories

Harrogate Waste Centre (Knaresbough and Penny Pot)
Crime Raised on the Dutchy
Harrogate Rugby closing down
D of E Gold completetion
Libary Revamp - 1 year on
Fewston Church Hall
Litterling on the Stray
Car Crashs
Police Appeal over hit and run iccident
Flower Show
X-mas Lights
Underage Drinking Cut down in harrogate
Tescos

Local Newspaper Names and Definitions

Local Newspaper Names and Definitions.

Harrogate Advertiser - Advertiser is used as it means to make public announcements mainly to proclaim the qualities and advantages of a certain thing, as does the paper about Harrogate. IT shows it is a more positive newspaper.

Ripon Gazette - Gazette means newspaper or an official journal.

Yorkshire Post - Is to display an announcement publicly, as the newspaper makes announcement for the Yorkshire community.

The Huddersfield Examiner - An examiner study or analyses things, as the paper will examine Huddersfield.

Newcastle Chronicle - A chronicle is a record of events in chronological order. A paper could be seen as a chronicle as it records what happens in the town or city in order; it shows the paper would be very matter a fact and possibly more formal.

Trafford Messenger - A messenger is someone that carries and informs people of information, and a barer of news, this is what a newspapers purpose is.

Proposal

I am intending to create an ultra-local newspaper, for Harrogate and the local district. E.g. villages such as Fewston. The newspaper will cover local issues such as local events, incentives, culture and sports. I am not going to cover national stories; I am going to mainly focus on local stories.

At the top of my news agenda I am going to mainly focus on local people, and personalisation. I am going to balance out the negativity, by adding more positive, successful stories. However, I will also include negative, scandalous stories to increase the target audience. I want my newspaper to represent the positivity in Harrogate and the strength of the community, but also include negative events happening to keep people informed. I am going to give priority to events charging Harrogate for my front page, such as the plans to pedestriansise Harrogate centre, or Tesco trying to gain planning permission. For my second page I am going to focus on Large events such as Culture shock, Yorkshire show and the comedy week.

Ideology

I am intending to replicate the established conventions of present local newspapers. They are successful, and the conventions work well. The audience will also be able to recognise the paper.

My newspaper will be conservative, and follow the status quo due to the wide audience I am targeting. I am going to keep things as they are, in terms of my way I am reporting my events.

I am going to be politically neutral when writing my newspaper to try and not lose a section of my target audience.

My target audience for my newspaper is very large. It will be aimed predominantly at the Harrogate community, people living in the Harrogate area and surrounding villages. My newspaper should appeal to a range of background, but mainly aiming at the middle, upper class due to Harrogate being a wealthy time. I am targeting 30+ aged range, as it is mostly adults living in the areas, although there will be a secondary audience, such as children of the purchasers. My circulation figures will not be specific as people may read the paper when waiting at the dentist, or the paper may get passed around from one person to another after reading it.

Local Newspaper Questionaire

1.       Are you male of female?

o   Male

o   Female

2.       How old are you?

o   Under 20

o   21 – 30

o   31 – 40

o   41 – 50

o   51 – 60

o   61 – 70

o   71 – 80

3.       Do you buy a local newspaper regularly?

o   Yes

o   Once a month

o   Less than once a month

4.       If yes which one do you buy?

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5.       What is the maximum you would be willing to pay for a local newspaper?

o   50p – 80p

o   80p - £1.00

o   £1.10 - £1.30

o   £1.40 - £1.60

o   £1.70 +

6.       Do you just read your paper on the day or purchase?

o   Yes

o   No, I refer to it several time that week.

7.       Would you buy more than one copy if you or your family and friends were featured in the newspaper?

o   Yes

o   No

8.       Do you prefer positive or negative stories in your local paper?

o   Positive

o   Negative

o   A mix of the both

9.       Which of the following content would attract you to buy the newspaper?

o   Politics/Council

o   Local events (e.g. Yorkshire Show/Culture Shock)

o   Life style Features (e.g. Gardening/Recipes)

o   Gossip

o   Fashion

o   Local perspective on national issues

o   Schools

o   New indicatives in the town

o   Sports

o   Property

o   Business

10.   Do you find the adverts in the local papers useful?

o   Yes

o   No

11.   How many people on average in your house read the local paper?

o   1

o   2

o   3

o   4

o   5+

Please list below their ages and gender

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12.   What aspect draws you in to the paper?

o   Regular, loyal customer.

o   An exciting headline

o   Dramatic Pictures

o   Knowing that family and friends may be featured in it.

Ripon Gazette Layout and Story Analysis

At the top of the page is the mast head. The writing is in a white, serif font. “Ripon” is written in a bold, straight font. This makes it standout, this is important as it is the name of the local area it is representing.  “Gazette” is in a italic font, as it is a less important word. Above the mast head is a subtitle saying “Voice of the city since 1889”. This shows that the paper is a tradition in the town, and is reliable source. The whole mast head is written in a green rectangle. They chose the colour green as it is a conservative colour. Ripon is also quite rural and therefore the green represented the green fields and country side around the city. 

Under the masthead are the date, website and price. These are near the top of the page so they are easy to find. All this text is written in a sans serif font. There is then a thin line underneath to show that the main part of the paper is starting.

The main headline of the story is the full width of the paper. It is written in black, in a large bold serif font. “Hotel fire victim wanted to leave the ropey accommodation” The head line is very matter of fact, and unlike broadsheet papers it has no puns or alliteration.

Under the head line the story beginnings; it is separated into 8 columns. The story begins with AN in capital letters, this shows the reader where the story starts. The story also includes two pictures. One is of the man who the column is about, the fire victim. This makes the story seem more serious as you can see the man, and it really hits home. The other image is of the man’s family. This also gives out the same message as it shows them mourning. The text under the images explains to the reader what the images are and mean. This story is highlighted by a bold line around this story, indicating it is the splash.

There is then another story underneath, the head line is in a large font, but does not standout as much as the splash headline. The first word of the story is also in capitals, SUPERMARKETS. There is one large image tied to this story, it is the same size as the image above it of the family of Roy. This is to please the reader’s eye.

At the bottom of the page is an advert for a local company. This is another way for the paper to make a profit by selling advertising space and encourages local businesses.