Drafted Ideas

This was a design for my newspaper front cover which I drafted on publisher.
I have come to the conclusion that the title "Liverbeat" has more reference to a music magazine than a newspaper so I will be moving away from using this title. The main headline and first stance look effective as they are in big, bold Arial lettering and catch the attention of the audience.
I came to the conclusion that using a main story on the front page along with another side story would be effective rather than bombarding my audience with stories. This gives my audience a variety to read but doesn't overwhelm them with which story to go to first.
The story I have used will not be used in my newspaper as it is a national based story and my newspaper is local. I used this particular story with the picture to get an idea of how the layout of my front page would look.