NEA 2019-2020 – The Process and Briefs Explained
5) Researching codes and conventions: Look at a range of front covers.
But you can choose your own. Fonts are downloadable at college from www.dafont.com and can be used to create an
authentic masthead. You will notice you might have to create an advert or use some other images, you have to get
creative, for examples the Jedward images could be any mainstream x factor-ish band, you could take a pic out of a TV
mag or CD cover.
Phrases you should know/see above
Stand first is – summary blurb
Byline is – journalist name
Masthead – top of newspaper with name
7) Setting up on Photoshop – Front Cover ONLY – Canvas Size - 280 x 430 mm (11.0" x 16.9"), resolution 300
and RMKY enabled, or you can do on Publisher but image manipulation cutting out, black shading to put title
on etc:- will have to be done on Photoshop -
8) Setting up on Publisher – Articles: you could do double-paged spread with other stories, or you could do two
different pages.
Tabloid Size Dimensions: 280 x 430 mm (11.0" x 16.9"). Are the dimensions for a tabloid page.
Of you want to do a double-paged spread then you it is 560 x 430mm
News Magazine Website like the New Statesman or The Spectator
1) The best approach to this is to use one of the sites as a direct template. Out of the two The Spectator is
perhaps easiest. There are other news magazine websites like The Week that has a fairly easy layout and
design.
2) You will have to create your own name and you don’t have to make your site as long and as full as the real
deal, but you will have to have links from the homepage to the story in your red-top tabloid and third page
on something else.
Some suggestions could be:
The Siren
News Hub
The Watcher