Story:A student had a magical time when she snaffled the snitch in her first muggle Quidditch game. Rowena Francis, who lives in Purley, was one of several Oxford students who took part in the Harry Potter-based sport. The university has started inter-college games of Quidditch which has been adapted from the novels in which witches and wizards fly around on broomsticks. Instead, participants have a broomstick between their legs and use volleyballs to try and score goals. Miss Francis, 19, said ‘It was not as hard as I thought it was going to be, but it was though and there were a lot of one hand throwing and catching – and a lot of dropping the ball.” The Philosophy and German student found out about the game after seeing an advert in her college newspaper. She said “I saw the advert and decided to go along because I wanted to try something new just having started my first year. I am not obsessive, but they are my favourite books. In knew the rules but they were really complicated and I was not sure if I would be able to play.” The game was organised by Angus Berry, founder of the first college team at Oxford. He is hoping the sport will grow and eventually become big enough for a varsity game against Cambridge.

Media values: Proximity because it is in a place close to where the paper was published, currency because it is something happening recently and also links to things that could happen in the future, human interest because it is about people and odd/unusual because it is not something you would hear about every day.

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year olds

More serious elements of the news explained in a more simple way

Doesn’t patronise the reader

Cheap

Also includes some celebrity gossip, but mainly consists of important news

Target Audience: intelligent teenagers who like to have fun when suitable, but also work hard and care about what happens in the world around them

Local events that could be interesting to them

Gives relevant information quickly, stories are short and concise

Gives option to go on to a website for more detailed explanation of the story

Accessible via newspapers but also through an app on smart phones and create a website so it is transportable

I would include a story about a British teacher who was killed in a coach accident on the way back from a skiing trip in Chalons-en-Champagne in France. This story would be relevant because it is to do with school children (as several were also hurt) and it is Human Interest but also very shocking, so it interests young people. I would make it relevant by using statistics about how many people were injured and killed in the accident, and also quotes from relevant people.

Link to story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17088463

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Story 2:Another story I would include would be a story about a Swedish man who managed to survive for two months trapped in a snow covered car with no food. I would include this story because it is very unusual and is also a Human Interest story. I would make this relevant by giving details about his time in there and also quotes from the Doctors about how he is recovering and how he survived.

Link to story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17088173

Story 3: The third story I would include is one about a man who broke into Buckingham Palace, and was given whisky by the staff who worked there. I would include this story because it is controversial and interesting as well as humorous but would use more simple language than the original story, so that it is easier for younger people to understand and appeals to them more.

Link to story:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9091612/Buckingham-Palace-intruder-Michael-Fagan-given-whisky-by-Queens-staff.html

Story 4:The fourth story I will include is about a new law banning parents from taking children out of school during term time to save money on holidays. I will include this because as well as being current and interesting, it is relevant to the people who would be reading the news because it means that they would not be able to miss school because of holidays, and they would be affected directly by this new law. I would make it relevant by showing different opinions from different people about the new law and including quotes.

Link to story:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9091213/Term-time-holidays-will-be-banned.html

Story 5:The last story I would include is about a new Government plan to store and record phone conversations, emails and text messages sent as a way to stop terrorism. This would be interesting to the audience of my newspaper because it is a controversial thing which could question people’s privacy, and could also affect teenagers a lot as they use emails and text messages on a daily basis to communicate with their friends. I would make it appealing by using different points of view and opinions as well as what would actually be recorded and how it would affect different people.

Link to story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9090617/Phone-and-email-records-to-be-stored-in-new-spy-plan.html

The Teen Times19.01.12Weather: Sunny but cold, highs of 5 degrees Celsius.

30pMad Man Mauls Queen offered drink!Man relaxes as he tells the tale of his rather unusual trip to Buckingham Palace

A man who is said to have snuck into Buckingham Palace and disturbed the Queen’s chamber claims he was offered a Whisky by one of the people Term time holidays halted!

Placed there for the Queen’s protection whilst they waited for security to arrive at the scene.

Full story on page 8

A new law imposed by the Education Secretary is charging parents fines of up to one hundred pounds for taking their children out of

school during term time so that they can get their holidays cheaper. This controversial new move has shocked many. Continued on Page 10

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