First News comes alive!
First News has become the first newspaper in the world to become fully digitally interactive on every page – every edition.
So, now you can get even more out of your copy of First News in the classroom – by watching videos, seeing more pictures and getting more information straight off the printed page.
To see the future of newspapers this is what you have to do:
1. Go to iTunes or Google Play and download the FREE First News + app we’ve developed with Aurasma onto a mobile phone or tablet. Do it now!
2. Then click on the app and hover the phone or tablet over the First News + icon (below!), which you’ll find scattered throughout the newspaper.
Whenever you see the First News + icon on a page, you will know we have added some digital content to it. Hold your phone or tablet over the page to see what happens. Then double-tap to end it.
From now on every page of First News will come to life just like this with more news, videos, more photos, more information, and lots of pop-up surprises. We are adding maps to some stories and you can have other reports read to you, or you can listen to them in French or Spanish.
It’s never been easier to enter competitions. Hover your tablet or mobile phone over the page and you can click to enter straight away. You can also do this to vote in polls or take part in surveys, or even answer quiz questions.
Excitingly, the news can be kept up-to-the-minute with digital and video content added if our stories develop and unfold, even after the newspaper has gone to press.
There are all sorts of things we can do with First News + and we will continue to add more and more to really bring the news to life every week for our one million readers.
Let us know what you think!