Eleanor N- NEA blog

  I started off by creating an account on Wix and choosing a template i thought was appropiate for my current affairs magazine website: I played around with the layout, images, fonts, text and boxes so i could get used to it and that i would be comfortable changing it to my own house style etc. I began to take original images for my website, including a black lives matter post, a Corona vaccine image etc so i had some articles for my audience to read. After publishing a few articles, i began my audio content by doing an interview with Heather Crosbie about the environment which i included on my home page. I chose a grey- white and red colour scheme for my website, as it looks professional, fresh and is the similar house style as my contents pages. I also added a CoronaVirus Snapshot to match the conventions of other websites such as Time. My articles included The Environement, NHS and Coronavirus and Black Lives Matter as they are my main current affair topics. Main Masthead on Hom...

  I have created an Instagram, Facebook and Twitter account for the Horizon current affairs magazine which is constantly featured on my website, with my instagram account being shown on my homepage to the side to keep the audience updated. This was important because my target audience is 16-25 demographic who use social media on a daily basis:

 Intro/ about: We are a new current affairs magazine, The Horizon, who feature world, health and business stories for 16-25 year old's in a middle market demographic. If this is an interest to you, then you are in the right place! My editors will make my stories, interesting, captivating and intense, for your entertainment. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter (@thehorizonmag) for more exclusive content and updates about our magazines. We often create competitions to win prizes such as the next magazine for free etc. If you have any stories you would like us to publish, contact us via our contact form below, or message us on social media for your story to be featured in our next issues. Interview caption: Environment activist, Heather Crosbie, talks to The Horizon about the effects of climate change on the environment, and how fast we need to act due to the remaining carbon budget. Example paragraph (2020 election) US Election 2020: ​ On the 3rd November, over 150 million A...

  My webpages will look quite similar in the sense of colour, fonts, layout etc as i wanted to make it as formal as possible. To create my webpages, i will need: Original images- for my articles and showing what my magazine is about AV element- i will do a interview with a model from my magazine to talk about a current affair currently e.g. environment or black lives matter, or even Corona Virus Text and copy- This is important because it gives detail and description of articles and the audience know what my website is about A description of who my business is and what i will portray- about page Contact- i will include a contact area for my audience so they can ask questions etc Competition- Will include a competition form on my homepage (cover 2 competition) to win the next 3 issues free Issues page where i include all my stories from world, business and health to form the conventions of a current affairs magazine website

  I will be using Wix.com to build my website for my magazine, because it is user-friendly, and they already contain lots of useful templates for different websites, so that i have a variety to choose from. Wix also lets me design and edit very easily, using the drag and drop method. I did research on both wesbites, and my attention was drawn to wix. Wix has overtook Weebly in recent years. They have developed features such as the video box and have made every effort to address the concerns users had. Wix Turbo, does make their sites even faster too. Weebly has not moved its platform forward at nearly the same rate. Even though it is a reliable and tested platform, the templates are also stylish and responsive but that's it. Weebly will only satisfy the most basic use case, whereas Wix is a lot more flexible and initiative.

 -  My website will confirm the expectations of current affairs. This means i will include news site links such as BBC, and add articles about new and latest current affairs, along with images to support this. - Social Media links- i will use these to communicate with my readers, and give them the latest updates with my current affairs magazine. This also fits into my 16-25 middle to upmarket demographic, as more young people use social media on a daily basis, than the older generation. - Working hyperlinks - Contact details page -Clear and detailed layout- images and text in the right place so that readers are satisfied. - Colour scheme- modern (white, blue, red etc) that match my magazines - Editors note/introduction to a new current affairs magazine- to make the readers aware. -Audio visual content- interview with one of the models about a current affairs issue e.g. black lives matter