Inspired newspaper layout

When designing my newspaper layout, I was inspired by the 'I' newsaper which is a new form of a broadsheet where it breaks most of the conventions of a broadsheet.

Here is the newspaper highlighting some of the features that I decided to include when sketching my newspaper layout:

• I chose to include the different images of the different contents in the newspaper, surrounding the main story, as it makes the newspaper more visually pleasing. It will also attract my teenage audience as my research showed that they preferred images more than text in a newspaper. The images are an easy way to sum up the news story, so I will therefore use relevant images that will be easy to decode and understand what the story is about.
• I like the idea of having a bold headline which makes it similar to a tabloid as it will be easy for my audience to understand and they will be familiar with it as they preferred to read tabloids.
• I liked the idea of including an image of the puzzles and jokes section, as my newspaper frontpage will show the contents relevant to the different ages within my target group.

The I newspaper

 

The 'I' newspaper is published by Independent print and is aimed at "readers and lapsed readers" of all ages. It is a tabloid sized newspaper containing news, business and sports with small paragraphs of information that are expanded upon further in the newspaper. It is designed for people who do not have much time to read a newspaper.

 

In terms of conventions, the 'I' newspaper uses both conventions of a newspaper and broadsheet for the benefit of the reader. However it is classified as more of a broadsheet because of the serious contents inside the paper and no use of sensationalised topics, despite breaking the broadsheets conventions such as the summed up texts and newspaper size.

 

 

Here are some of the broken conventions of the tabloid that I have noticed on the newspaper: