The document summarizes and compares the Islington Gazette newspaper and website. It notes that the newspaper masthead and color scheme is carried over to the website. However, the website allows more interactive features like commenting on articles, emailing/printing stories, entering competitions, and viewing frequent updates not available in print. It concludes the website provides readers a quicker way to access the latest local news and information.

1. Research – Islington Gazette and
Website

2. The Islington Gazette tells us
about the local area.
Looking at the front cover a
third of the page is taken up
by the mast head and the
contents. A quarter of the
page are adverts.
It is easily seen that the
colour scheme for this
newspaper is black, white
and read.

3. Islington gazette is written in an old fashioned font. The red writing on the
masthead is small but still stands out because it is red. It does not need to
be big as everyone will know that it is the local newspaper.

4. There are many adverts on the front cover as they are advertising local
businesses. This is where they get their money from as the newspapers
do not cost a lot.

5. There is an advertisement for an app that the Islington Gazette has.
This may be another way of getting money as the app will have to be
paid for.
The contents is set out like a website which makes it easier to read and
look similar to the wesibte.
The dateline and price tell us when the newspaper was issued and the
cost of the newspaper.

6. An article about death
attracts and shocks the
readers and makes them
buy the newspaper. There
is a lot of writing which
implies that it is for more
educated readers.
In contrast there is a
second story about
something good that has
happened to give the front
page a balance. This is so
the readers find the
newspaper interesting and
not all about the bad
things.
Another main story is a
national story but its there
because it is relevant to
the local area

7. Looking at the inside page
two thirds of the page is
taken up by a calendar of
events happening in the area
and one third on an article.

8. In the inside page there is
information about the
newspaper which can be
useful for the readers.
There is also a weather
section for the local are
which is relevant as the
newspaper is for the local
area.

9. The calendar informs the readers about events happening in the local
area. This is useful for the readers as it will be happening around their
homes.

10. The inside page also has an article about something bad and an advert.
The advert is in the same colour scheme as the front cover.

11. This is the website for the
Islington Gazette. The website
has a different colour scheme
as the newspaper as the
website is blue.
However the masthead is
exactly the same as the
newspaper with the red and
black writing.

12. The tabs that are linked to different sections look similar to the contents
in the newspaper but are different colours. This tab bar makes it easier to
find stories that the readers want to read.
It has an option to
register and login. Unlike the The search bar also makes it
This sends frequent newspaper, the easier for the readers to find a
emails to the website allows particular story.
registered people readers to comment
updating them about on the story. It also
the newspaper and gives an option to
sends them e-editions email and print the
story.

13. The website allows you to do
much more like enter
competitions.
Local businesses pay
the Islington gazette to
have links on the
website which take
them on to the
company website.
It also has a link to
view the e edition
for the gazette.

14. The website is updated frequently so it always
has the latest news. This is why the first story
may not be the same as the one on the news
paper. This is an advantage as readers can be
updated quicker.