Promoting the school newspaper

As some of you may remember, Cveta and I have decided to create a school newspaper; having come up with a few initial ideas, we decided to attract the students' attention to this grand project. Even though we ourselves will be writing various bits and pieces for every issue, we concluded that it would be great if the pupils could also participate in the creation of the paper; there are a fair few students who truly enjoy writing, which led us to the decision of offering them to write different articles and entries which we could later edit if need be. Since not many people actually knew about us planning to publish a newspaper, I set about creating an advertisement which would hopefully attract people who would be interested in aiding us; we also talked to the English teachers, asking them to direct us towards pupils who would potentially enjoy writing for us. 

Newspaper advertisement

Personally, I think that my ad turned out to be quite appealing as I managed to relate it to the subject through the use of a newspaper background and the imitation of a newspaper-style font. The lack of colour also pertains to a paper, as most papers tend to be black and white due to the vast amount of text. The little writing that I included was directly to the point, giving the most relevant information to any who may be reading it.

Although when I look at these printouts hanging around the school noticeboards, I feel as if though something is missing from them: I try to put myself into the shoes of those who may be interested in skimming through the leaflets, and I realise that not enough information has been given on the actual nature of the work, for example how often one should write and what one should write about. If I were to do another advertisement of some sort to attract people into an activity, I should briefly include details on what would be expected of them; that would not only make the flyer more informative, but it would also exclude inapt people showing up to talk to us. I should also ensure that all of the teachers involved in the enterprise are well aware of who I am, since the younger key stage English tutor was at first unaware of what I look like.