Creating My Own Broadsheet Front Page

Creating My Own Broadsheet Front Page

Introduction

I visited the guardian newsroom. This was a requirement as part of my

course.The purpose of the day was to experience what it is like to be

a journalist.I was able to get an insight into the work of a

journalist. I had the opportunity to research into the latest news and

recording this down in a newspaper format.The news source that I used

most often was the wires. The wires are very useful, as it shows the

latest story updates. I also used the internet to look for any

pictures that I could use for my article.My partner and I had to look

at stories that our audience would be interested in reading. One

particular tragic story had caught our attention, called “Baby in the

bin”. It was very difficult to find any pictures for this story. But

when we did, we decided it would be too distressing for our viewers to

see.We eventually decided to do a story that was about a 10 month baby

who swallowed ecstasy. Finding a picture to go with the story was

difficult. But we finally found a picture. We decided not to use a

picture of a baby because not only was it difficult to find but also

it would have been too upsetting. The picture that we finally used was

of a male hand which contained a handful of ecstasy. I thought this

would be a very interesting story line because it shows the dangers of

ecstasy and the effects it can have on young babies. I’m hoping that

this article would make the general public more aware of the harm

caused.The second story I did was related to world issues and the war

in Iraq. It was an article about soldiers that were confirmed dead in

Iraq, whilst Bush was enjoying his holiday in Africa. It is important

to keep the public informed of the latest news around the world. The

war is a main issue in the media and public eye at the moment,

therefore feel it is a great story to use.