2. As part of my research and planning I
designed a questionnaire to ask
audiences what they
would most like to see featured in my
newspaper. I used the results to help
develop my product as well as the
ordinary codes and conventions of a
newspaper.
After making my media productions I
asked some local residents in Brent to
comment on what they thought of the
layout, the article, masthead, images and
so on. I asked for 100% honest feedback
including negative and positive feedback
so I could understand what worked in the
production and what needed some
further development.
3. My comments on feedback
Initially, when I read the feedback people gave me, i chose to ignore what they had
said because I thought it looked good from my perspective as the creator. But when
I imagined myself as a reader I started to pick out flaws that I couldn’t see before. I
think gaining audience feedback was extremely useful and crucial for me and I was
lucky enough to get feedback that was constructive criticism and helped me better
my work.
One main thing that I received feedback on was the alignment of my texts with the
advertisements and the masthead. Before I had done this the newspapers did not
have a professional look to it and it seemed as though the article had too much
freedom. Whereas now, having rectified my errors, the fornt page looks more put
together and proficient.
Something that everyone liked were the images that I used. Even thought they may
be seen as disturbing images to some people, negative stories and images are what
attract readers and that is why I chose to put it on the front so it would lure readers
in and they would want to go and to read the article and maybe even the rest of the
newspaper.
