I think this is an interesting point of view artistically, but I think that the event/scene of topic would more likely be the focus in a journalistic shot. The shot would be more dramatic with a sharper focus and deeper DOF in my opinion. I would also probably play around with the cropping and whether or not I would want the stripe centered.
Nice image. I like how the perspective of the centre marking makes it form almost a perfect equilateral triangle in the picture.
A little bit more depth of field would've been perfect, although it looks like it would've been very hard to achieve without shifting the focus further back.
interesting idea.
I'm sure some will like it as is, but I think a deeper DOF would work better in this situation. Most newspaper photography nees to be pretty straitforward, not artistic.