This was the question facing my paper last year, when we were developing a new Django based CMS. Some background: We (The Daily Gazette) are a small online-only daily news organization. We assign stories at a weekly dinner meeting when editors present story ideas and then our writers volunteer to cover them. We had gotten [...]
January 28, 2009
How Should Papers Handle an Online Workflow?
This Week in CoPress: BarCamp Mizzou
Hosts/Guests: Greg Linch, Joey Baker, Albert Sun Summary: Three members of CoPress’ team spoke on a virtual panel as part of BarCamp NewsInnovation at the University of Missouri on Feb. 24. Joey Baker, Greg Linch and Albert Sun discussed the importance of collaboration and innovation as they related to college news organizations, in addition to other [...]
January 23, 2009
Livestream: CoPress at BarCamp NewsInnovation UM
Tune into CoPress‘ Mogulus channel, embedded below, on Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. EST (1 p.m. CST) to see Joey Baker, Albert Sun and I speak as part of BarCamp NewsInnovation at the University of Missouri. Unfortunately, no one from CoPress could travel to Mizzou, but we’ll be there virtually. Be sure to participate in [...]
January 21, 2009
This Week in CoPress: Scott Karp of Publish2
Hosts: Bryan Murley, Greg Linch Guest: Scott Karp of Publish2 Links: Media Examples Publish2 Link Journalism blog post by Scott Karp Subscribe: iTunes | RSS
January 20, 2009
Liftoff: First paper to partner with CoPress goes live, open-source
The Whit of Rowan University launched its new Web site this week, becoming the first (dare I say inaugural?) publication online in the CoPress beta hosting program. Led by the tireless efforts of Miles Skorpen, we helped the student paper jump from the College Media Network (College Publisher) to an independent site running WordPress on [...]
January 14, 2009
A Tasty Organic Discussion: “Investing in Online & the Future of Journalism”
The CoPress community took a big step forward this week on our Google Group. “What’s that?” you say. Sign up and check it out. Until Tuesday, the group was mostly a listserv for keeping members in the know about CoPress. But Alex Klein (@alexklein), editor for new media at the Duke Chronicle, added a new [...]
This Week in CoPress: Rick Martinez, FIUSM
A discussion about the development of FIUSM.com’s content management system built on Ruby on Rails, Nameless CMS.
January 9, 2009
3 new online opportunities for young squires of journalism
A few things to note for the j-students out there: Esteemed CoPress consigliere Bryan Murley and the Center for Innovation in College Media are searching for their first intern this semester. He or she would help produce content for their blog and, thanks to the magic of the Internet, can telecommute to work from anywhere. [...]
January 7, 2009
This Week in CoPress: Anthony Pesce and Darmishta Rood – the Populous Project
Host(s): Bryan Murley, Joey Baker, Daniel Bachhuber and David Estes Guest(s): Anthony Pesce and Dharmishta Rood Summary: A discussion about the development of the Populous Project – a Knight-funded college-specific content management system. Links: Populous Project site Up next: The relaunch of FIUSM.com with Rick Martinez
