Front Covers
I edited quite a lot from the first front cover. I felt it was too cluttered and didn't resemble the more simplistic and professional current affairs front covers, as seen from my initial research, so I simplified the amount of text on the front cover.
I also edited his shirt collar to be higher and his black necklace out, which altogether gives him a far cleaner and less distracting look. It also gave me more space for headings and I kept the blue puff for intertextuality but made it slightly darker for a more sophisticated look.
I moved VOICE over his hair as behind his head was too disorganised to his hair covering too much of it.
I included the first edition underneath the barcode and altogether I really like how it turned out.
I also simplified Naomi's front cover, I edited out a black frame from the background for the headline to stand out better and also changed the headline to a more bold and eye catching title along with her name to also stand out for readers.
I also included Edition 2 underneath the barcode as part of my brief and kept the puff for intertextuality.
Contents Pages
I completely redesigned the contents pages to better suit a current affair's contents page of more writing to image ratio. I much preferred this layout as it allowed me to better categorise sections
to make it easier for the reader. In the end column I've included a call to action in both contents
pages for the reader to fulfil the brief.
I also included social media links for cross digital convergence and an editor's letter to fulfil the generic conventions of a contents page for a current affairs magazine.
