More stories - Boardmasters, Petrol, Police

Boardmasters
With my article, I will outline who is going to be performing at the festival this year, as well as history from other years and more information people might like to know, such as the website and Twitter accounts for the festival.

Update: Full article - Sheeran To Headline Boardmasters


The eagerly anticipated line-up for this year’s annual Boardmasters festival in Newquay has been announced this month, with the notable  inclusions of successful young artists Ed Sheeran and ‘Bonkers’ rap artist Dizzee Rascal.

Sheeran, who earlier this year won two BRIT awards including ‘Best British Male Solo Artist’ and has hits with “A-Team” and “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You,” is seen as one of the biggest prospects in the British music industry.

In previous years,  the ‘surf & skate’ festival, which is mainly hosted on Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay, has attracted acts such as Fat Boy Slim, Plan B, The Streets and Paolo Nutini; capturing the imagination of music lovers from around the South West, and this year will be no different. Other acts confirmed for 2012 include The Ting Tings and  Maverick Sabre as well as sets from Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and dubstep artist DJ Fresh.

Fans hoping to make the short trip are being warned that tickets are expected to sell quickly for this year’s event, which is to be held from August 8th-14th with music on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th. For more information, visit the Boardmasters website www.boardmasters.co.uk or follow @BoardmastersRBM.

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I happened to attend last year's event, in which I took some pictures which I have recycled for my newspaper. They are here:

 I like the lighting on this image, as well as the angle it is taken from. However, I wanted to use an 'action' image, where it almost advertises the event. In this case, people stood around waiting is not indicative of having that much of a good time.

 I almost used this image for my article because of the lights coming from the stage and the movement of the crowd in front of the camera, however the night-time atmosphere gave a negative feel to my page, with the dark colours not fitting in well with the rest of my double page spread.

 This is the image I eventually used. I like it, because it has the angle and lighting I spoke of from the first image, yet captures the festival in full swing, which was what I wanted.

Petrol Prices
As a fairly new driver myself, I wanted to cover a story on the increase in petrol prices, which isn't difficult to find as they seem to be going up every week. I feel that it meets the needs of my target audience because in my survey people voted for politics-based stories. It is something that affects everyone in tough economic times.

Update: Full Article:-


Pasty lovers aren’t the only people with reason to be dismayed at the release of this week’s budget by Chancellor George Osborne,  as  fuel prices continue to increase, becoming the highest rates ever for fuel in the UK. Annoyed motorists took to   The Cornish Insight’s brand new and increasingly popular Facebook page to express their disgust at the latest tax on drivers. One  lady explained how she felt;
“I’ve voted conservative all my live, but I can stand up and admit they’re ruining our country at the moment.  Ordinary people  just can’t hold down a living with all these cuts and taxes. It needs to stop!”

And this seems to be the general feeling among the public; as petrol has become a necessity in recent times, albeit an expensive necessity.

Riots
For BBC News Day, a youth official for the South West was asked by Bodmin College students why he thought the August riots did not reach Cornwall. He said that, amongst other things, our 'white background' helped us through the anarchy in the rest of the country. I think that this will be a good story to cover, as it is extremely interesting for all readers. I have to be careful that it is not too sensationalised, in fear of either misquoting him or becoming a tabloid style newspaper. I wanted to use this as one of the smaller articles in the end, as it is not a particularly big story, but it would still feature on my first three pages. Because of this, I have only written a paragraph towards it

Update: - article

August’s Riots Didn’t Reach Cornwall Due To Lack of “Ethnic Diversity”

The anarchy and lawlessness which spread across the major cities of the country last year has been met with widespread coverage from the press, as people continue to search for answers as to why and how the chaos erupted. Cities like London, Manchester and Liverpool were all heavily affected by the riots, however the South West remained relatively impervious to the riots, which...