Rock Oyster Fest

Logged below is my first draft of the Rock Oyster Festival I reported on as a secondary story. This is a local story at the moment following the outrage of local people at the Council since the festival might be cancelled due to noise issues. Covering this story is important for my target audience because my primary target audience are liberal young people who want to read about issues that could effect them. In terms of specifically representing my target audience I intend to interview young Cornish people with their opinion about the 'CCC' and what could be done to improve the situation. This represents the target audience because the age of the interviewees will show them the publication is for them while the fact I have given it a local slant will draw more interest.



A food, music and arts festival in Cornwall, which had been in doubt, will go ahead this summer. Ticket sales for the Rock Oyster Festival were suspended last month after organisers said new licence conditions made it "unworkable".

The conditions were noise limits, imposed by Cornwall Council after a complaint about late-night noise. However, the council said issues had been resolved in a way that would allow the festival in St Minver to go ahead. Last year about 3,000 people attended the festival, which includes an oyster-shucking competition and demonstrations by local chefs. 

Allan Hampshire, the council's head of public health and protection, said: "We have worked hard to support the festival and ensure that it can still go ahead in a way that both protects the neighbours from excessive disturbance and enables a full and exciting event.”

Festival organiser Charlie Anderson said the support from the local community had been overwhelming and he was delighted the weekend event would go ahead from 22 to 24 June. “We will make every effort to work with all our neighbours to ensure that the full benefit of the festival can be enjoyed by both local businesses and residents."

As a first draft I think this is good because I have followed the basic rules of reporting (who, what, where, when and why) and have started to represent the needs of my target audience in terms of mode of address, language and interviewees. To improve this in my final draft I need to make sure the information is up to date and have images that will represent the needs of my target audience.