A rough of my main article

Youth unemployment has had a drastic effect in Enfield alone, with 30% of Enfield’s 16-24 year olds being out of work. In the UK youth unemployment has risen above 1 million- with more than a fifth of 16 to 24 year olds being unemployed in the UK.

Local young people in Enfield were approached and asked their opinions, “I’ve never had a job in Enfield,” Mark, 18, Enfield High Street, “I’ve only volunteered at my local charity shop for four months, I’ve been trying to get a paid job since I was 16.” He told us what he thinks should change, “The government have ignored this issue and now our generation is losing out. In Enfield there should be more help for the youth to find work otherwise our education is useless.”

Boris Johnson mayor of London speaks about the youth unemployment of Enfield, “The youth unemployment rate (16-24 year olds) in Enfield is 7.5 per cent. I am doing my utmost to ensure young people in London have the skills and opportunities to get back to work by increasing the number of apprenticeships, with a target of 20,000 across London this year, and a commitment to 1,000 apprenticeships per year in the GLA Group; and delivering a wide range of projects focussed on young people . under the Time for Action programme and through the European Social Fund”.

 
Unemployment fell by 8,000 in the three months to July to 2.47 million, while the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in August increased by 2,300 to 1.47 million, the first rise since January. 

We want to know what the youth of Enfield think about this whole situation and what differences and help would they like to get from the government. Please email us in your thoughts and suggestions

My chosen headline

This is my chosen headline and the font i have picked to go with it.

I think this is the best headline for my article as it is a pun but is not undermining the unemployed. I think the font i have chosen is quite nuteral but also tabloidish.

Headline Ideas

I've been working on Headlines for my main article and here are a few ideas.

"Jobless Youth Feel the Cuts."
"Unemployed Enfield Youth at Record High."
"Out of Work Youth Suffer the Cuts."
"Young People Fear a Jobless Future."
"Work Axed for Enfield Youth."

Articles on youth unemployment

I have started researching youth unemployment articles from the Enfield independent local newspaper website . i looked at an article about a youth employment scheme which was shown in a positive light. the language in the way the article was written was upbeat and positive. 

Ms McDonagh said: “I felt compelled to help because the effect of unemployment is perhaps greatest on our young people.

“If they cannot get work early in life and learn the discipline of the workplace, it becomes harder to find work.

"For older people, gaps in a CV can make life difficult when applying for jobs, but for young people it is much worse.”

 Mitcham and Morden MP Siobhain McDonagh’s Work Experience Scheme, - This was written to describe Siobhain McDonagh's work and her roll as an MP is the important part.

Clarissa Fernandes, a work experience volunteer, -  This was written about Clarrissa in a positive way, they could have described her as Unemployed Clarissa Fernandes, a work experience volunteer, But instead they choose to just represent her as a work experience volunteer, which is a more positive way to describe her roll.

how we use different vocabulary to attract our target audiences (mode of address)

I found this article in the book(Advanced level media)
newspapers and magazine like novels are free to use a wide variety of literary devices to manipulate meaning and emotion within their pages. these include :

• Puns -e.g "England Ex-becks"
• hyperbole/exaggerations- look at the "sell out" "roar" of the last"mighty" paragraph of the 'sun ex-becks' extract.
• Rhyme- e.g 'The sun, you current bun' (included the Sun masthead)
• Alliteration- e.g sozzeled soccer star
• Metaphor- e.g sick as a parrot.

But im trying to bridge the discursive gap, they try to make the conversation with the reader as informal as possible . For this, they can use:

• Slang - e.g cops,yobs,tottie
• Clinches - e.g storming victory, mercy dash
• Idioms- e.g 'nuff respected,wicked
• phonemes- deliberate misspelling e.g wot instead of what
• jingoism- an overbearing patriotism.

Tabloid jingoism is heavily evident in the 'England Ex-Becks' extract from the sun. printed on the day of an England World Cup qualifier with finland, it was accompanied by a picture of David Beckham wrapped in the England flag.

My main article feature

For my main article I've decided to look at the issue of youth unemployment. From personal experience i know there is high unemployment in the Enfield area. I would like my article to address the issue, give advice, talk to people who are affected and provide statistics. I plan to interview -

• Friends who are in the 16-24 bracket and unemployed. 
• Advice and help centre for the young people who are unemployed and have a criminal record and want to change.
• Parents with unemployed children.
• Teachers and tutors from universities and colleges.

I am going to address young people aged 16-24 the who would be from a lower or working class background.  As this is a Enfield local newspaper it would mostly be aimed towards the younger generation of this area. The area is very multicultural with a mix of British , Turkish, Greek and people of a black origin.  

Font try outs

This is our arrangment of different fonts we are going to choose for our masthead. We downloaded a few fonts from a free font website and we came up with these which we are going to decide on a final masthead.