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It’s fairly common knowledge that our daily activities online (and off) are tracked, analyzed, and sold — to an extent that would make most of us blush if we really knew all the details. But as Wired.com reported last week, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have found a particular nasty practice by Flash [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Beginning in the spring 2009 term, we will be hosting a few college newspapers on a virtual private server, helping them to run dynamic, independent Web sites built on open-source software. Our first partner publication to sign on is The Whit weekly student newspaper at Rowan University. Their online editor Emily Kostic let the cat [...]

Next week, the CoPress team will travel from far and wide, by plane, train, and automobile, to assemble in Philadelphia, Pa. That’s right, for the first time we’re meeting in real life. The pre-Christmas caucus will convene for two days of organizing, designing, hacking, and other unfinished business. There’s much to be done, setting our [...]

In the coming days, we’ll be reorganizing the CoPress web site and moving servers. There may be some glitches or downtime as we work out the kinks. Please pardon any temporary mess. Why the change? We’re gearing up to offer more news & information you can use as a college web editor/journalist/hacker. It all needs [...]

We submitted our application for the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge a few days ago. Check it out. Feel free to comment and rate us (suggestion: five stars). There’s lots of competition this year, with nearly 2,000 ideas submitted for the $5 million in grants up for grabs. We’ll know by November 15 if we made [...]

For student newspaper Web sites, College Publisher is the big kahuna. Most of the country’s collegiate publications use the service — more than 550, according to the MTV-owned company. It offers a content management system, prefab design templates and hosting, all free of charge. The other big selling point: It’s simplistic enough that no technical [...]