Creating a Web-centric newsroom
Now that we’ve shared a few our our ideas, let’s see yours! With the above video in mind, put the information into action. In the upcoming weeks:Week 1: Plan a brainstorming session. It can be in your...
View Article10 ideas to take back to your newsroom
Experimentation in the newsroom is one of the best ways to learn new skills and discover full potential of your team. Now that you understand why it’s time to innovate, how to create a web-centric...
View ArticleCapturing value on your news Web site
In college media, the tendency is to regard the Web as a mere afterthought in terms of revenue. For those of us at college news organizations, however, the time to start perfecting our online revenue...
View ArticleHacking the Student Newsroom: Come Play in the Sand on Thursday
When hacking the student newsroom, you need a safe sandbox with which to experiment. That’s why this Thursday — at 4 PM Pacific/7 PM Eastern — we’re going to show you how to set up a WordPress instance...
View ArticleNotes from #ncmc09 – The Populous Project (Thursday, 2pm)
This week, CoPress directors Daniel Bachhuber, Andrew Spittle, Lauren Rabaino and Adam Hemphill are attending the National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas. These are reports from the field....
View ArticleIn search of inspiring models for college news sites
Update (Nov. 18, 2009 at 2 p.m.): I’ve added Connect2Mason, another site we’ve previously covered, to the list of examples and included a link to a podcast with their founder.From linking out and...
View ArticleInnovative Models: Student media at George Mason University
This guest post is both an update on our previous coverage of Connect2Mason and the first in our new series about innovative models of interest to college media sites. George Mason University has an...
View ArticleCollege Media Lab + Innovative Models: Technically Philly and News Inkubator
This week we’ve combined our inspiring models for college media series and College Media Lab, featuring Technically Philly and News Inkubator. Listen to or download the podcast at the end of the...
View ArticleStudent media spotlight: Web projects for winter break
Leading into this week’s Hacking the Student Newsroom session, here’s a quick preview of online projects individual student journalists and newsorgs will be conducting over the upcoming winter...
View ArticleMark Johnson: Failing faster
For today and Friday, I’m hanging out at the 2nd annual ICONN conference in Knoxville. ICONN is a “set of individuals, academic programs and professional organizations dedicated connecting student web...
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