Comments on: A New Design for the Whitman Pioneer http://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/ Building a Better Technical Ecosystem for Student News Organizations Mon, 10 May 2010 13:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Joe Moorehttp://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Joe Moore Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:24:30 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=960#comment-264 I would love for site-to-site critiquing. I honestly have little idea of what I'm doing... I just love WordPress and journalism, and I put the two together at my University.FYI, I just installed a Facebook connect plugin and I think it's the best thing I've ever thought of- the plugin (1) lets Facebook users comment using their accounts and then (2) it comes up in their newsfeed, bringing more traffic to the site from the ideal viewer- fellow students. I highly recommend this to other WP-powered sites. I would love for site-to-site critiquing. I honestly have little idea of what I’m doing… I just love WordPress and journalism, and I put the two together at my University.

FYI, I just installed a Facebook connect plugin and I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever thought of- the plugin (1) lets Facebook users comment using their accounts and then (2) it comes up in their newsfeed, bringing more traffic to the site from the ideal viewer- fellow students. I highly recommend this to other WP-powered sites.

]]> By: Andrewhttp://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Andrew Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:35:31 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=960#comment-242 I really like the idea of collaborating on each other's websites. It's also important to be fostering this exchange of opinion at a time when a lot of papers don't have their sites set in stone. I think a lot (at least from my view) are still trying to figure out what the best way of formatting their online content is.The Seesmic plugin looks great, but out of all the sites they list as using it I couldn't find one that actually had a video comment that worked. None of the videos loaded. (Do you have any working examples of it Daniel?). Off to go pitch the plugin to the Editors... I really like the idea of collaborating on each other’s websites. It’s also important to be fostering this exchange of opinion at a time when a lot of papers don’t have their sites set in stone. I think a lot (at least from my view) are still trying to figure out what the best way of formatting their online content is.

The Seesmic plugin looks great, but out of all the sites they list as using it I couldn’t find one that actually had a video comment that worked. None of the videos loaded. (Do you have any working examples of it Daniel?). Off to go pitch the plugin to the Editors…

]]> By: Daniel Bachhuberhttp://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Daniel Bachhuber Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:01:11 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=960#comment-234 First off, my apologies to Andrew for publishing this under my name at the beginning. I did all of the editing last night and saved it as "Pending Review" for Adam or Joey to publish this morning, but mistakenly forgot to change the name of the author.Second, reading this post made me <a href="http://twitter.com/danielbachhuber/status/1194194929" rel="nofollow">think of an idea</a>: it would be really sweet if we took time regularly, say once a month or once a quarter, to critique each other's websites. For instance, I think it would be really sweet to have Subscribe to Comments and the Seesmic plugin installed on the Whitman Pioneer site. We could discuss design considerations, etc. as well. First off, my apologies to Andrew for publishing this under my name at the beginning. I did all of the editing last night and saved it as “Pending Review” for Adam or Joey to publish this morning, but mistakenly forgot to change the name of the author.

Second, reading this post made me think of an idea: it would be really sweet if we took time regularly, say once a month or once a quarter, to critique each other’s websites. For instance, I think it would be really sweet to have Subscribe to Comments and the Seesmic plugin installed on the Whitman Pioneer site. We could discuss design considerations, etc. as well.

]]> By: Diversions » The Whitman Pioneer (again)http://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Diversions » The Whitman Pioneer (again) Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:50:43 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=960#comment-233 [...] a blog post about the design process, workflow, etc. It got posted today and can be found at the CoPress blog. I’d love to hear what you think and if anyone has ideas as to how to make our workflow at [...] [...] a blog post about the design process, workflow, etc. It got posted today and can be found at the CoPress blog. I’d love to hear what you think and if anyone has ideas as to how to make our workflow at [...]

]]> By: Will Sommerhttp://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Will Sommer Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:01:48 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=960#comment-232 I enjoyed the post--for a newspaper dork, it's always fascinating to see how other college outlets work.All that copy and pasting sounds like a ton of work. This isn't the ideal programmed solution, but at my paper we have each section editor paste their articles in, instead of one person at the end of the chain. It's still copy-pasting, but at least the work is divided between people. I enjoyed the post–for a newspaper dork, it’s always fascinating to see how other college outlets work.

All that copy and pasting sounds like a ton of work. This isn’t the ideal programmed solution, but at my paper we have each section editor paste their articles in, instead of one person at the end of the chain. It’s still copy-pasting, but at least the work is divided between people.

]]> By: Andrewhttp://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Andrew Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:48:22 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=960#comment-231 I haven't used College Publisher, but I somehow doubt that they would have any tools available that would exceed that of Wordpress. I also would love to know what papers like the NY Times or Washington Post use, because I'm sure with the content they have to manage they've figured something out. I haven’t used College Publisher, but I somehow doubt that they would have any tools available that would exceed that of WordPress. I also would love to know what papers like the NY Times or Washington Post use, because I’m sure with the content they have to manage they’ve figured something out.

]]> By: Joe Moorehttp://www.copress.org/2009/02/10/a-new-design-for-the-whitman-pioneer/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Joe Moore Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:29:56 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=960#comment-230 Regarding the workflow... you're not alone. There _has_ to be a better way! We use Quark here at Millersville and I can't find a way around copying and pasting.Does CollegePublisher have any cool tools? Or what do other newspapers (like real papers) use?This is something that has dumbfounded me from the beginning, but I'm always too busy uploading new content. At least I have a day- our paper is finished late Tuesday night, is delivered to our newsroom Wednesday afternoon/evening, then distributed by someone for Thursday. What I do is upload the articles, pictures, etc. on Wednesday during the day (luckily this semester I have another person helping me), and then have WordPress auto-publish them, with the top articles set to publish at 22:00 (10pm), the next-important articles at 21:55, etc. I do this so the top stories in the paper are the top stories online. Regarding the workflow… you’re not alone. There _has_ to be a better way! We use Quark here at Millersville and I can’t find a way around copying and pasting.

Does CollegePublisher have any cool tools? Or what do other newspapers (like real papers) use?

This is something that has dumbfounded me from the beginning, but I’m always too busy uploading new content. At least I have a day- our paper is finished late Tuesday night, is delivered to our newsroom Wednesday afternoon/evening, then distributed by someone for Thursday. What I do is upload the articles, pictures, etc. on Wednesday during the day (luckily this semester I have another person helping me), and then have WordPress auto-publish them, with the top articles set to publish at 22:00 (10pm), the next-important articles at 21:55, etc. I do this so the top stories in the paper are the top stories online.

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