What could be learned from the experience?

This has been interesting as it chucked us into the deep end as we had not done anything like this, it was good creating an article that people would actually read then use for their own exam. So what I've learned as that it's always a good idea to think outside of your own personal creative box and to try something new and you may create something intereting. It also gives us another experience to working to a deadline and how decision can also be brutal and not always in your favor.

How pleased are you with your contributions and how effectively did you work within your role?

I am not very pleased with my contribution as I didn't manage to get my article in on time, so it was not published in the newspaper. I think this happened because I chose an article which was a bit too advance for my level of knowledge, as the Internet is a world wide subject so their are many opinions and statistics. I think there are some things I could have done better. I enjoyed researching information but I think I spent far too much time reading rather than putting it down on paper. If I were to do this again I would chose an easier subject, maybe rather than take on a whole subject break it down as focus in on a small part. I did enjoy doing a written article rather than another video as I think we were getting too comfortable with editing and shooting etc.

How does it look?

We had to have the ame layout throughout to give it a neat look so the front page isn't much different to the rest so is quite basic. At the top we have the title 'MEDIA ME' it is in a standard font with 'MEDIA' in bold and 'ME' normal, then to the right is our CRAM logo. There are three collumns, the first with information of what pages have what articles, then the other two is the editorial by Alex W. Their are various boxes, one has all the names of our the students in our class he helped create it and the others are logos of people who helped produce the news paper. The rest of the pages are set out in a similar way with the excepotion of the London Underground map in the centrefold.

First Impressions

I think the News Paper came out well as we actually managed to finish it in time, it isn't as colorful as we first imagined but does look offcial and smart. It is a shame it doesn't stand out more as we paid extra for the use of color, this also the same for imagery. The use of these two could have given the articles a more eye catching look and filled up the space inbetween the collumns.

Project Plan - Past and Future

Week 1:
We were grouped into Blue Red and Yellow with a quality control team and a team leader who overlooked the project and had meetings with people outside of college. The individual groups worked together to create thier own individual articles or worked in a pair. I chose an article on The future of the internet, I wanted a counter arguement to the 'The internet is the most greatest single development in the history of human communication', the arguement is not that it is great or not great but the side effects, for example internet addiction and lack of privacy.


Week 2:
I've started writing my article but as this article is on a world wide subject I need to do a lot of research as to get the information correct,

Week 3:
This week I will need to show my article, its progression and what the editors like and dislike then make the appropriate changes.