CoPress

I’d like to share a little about what’s going on behind the doors of CoPress. It may not seem like it from the state of our Web site in the past month, but there is a lot going on. We’re excited to see this project continuing to move forward.

First off, and possibly most notably, CoPress has made it into round 2 of the Knight News Challenge. Several of us were up to the wee hours of the morning putting the finishing touches on our application. As it turns out, though, round 2 isn’t due until Dec. 5. We’re quite happy that this will give us more time to hone our selling points. If you’re so inclined, please read through our application and send feedback. We’d be more than happy to hear what you think.

On the editorial side, we’re finally going to start blogging about technological innovation in student news on a more regular basis. This week will also see the launch of our podcast, yet to be named but already including some pretty content. We’ve launched a wiki to be soon filled with wonderful tutorials, lists, and links to amazing videos on how to pimp your WordPress install.

On the technology side, Miles is putting together a plan to offer hosting at affordable rates. To bring this to reality, we’ll need between four and six student news organizations to launch with us. Like to learn more? Please contact us.

If you’re on FriendFeed, you can join the discussion in our room. And from the RSS burp I received today, I can see our feed is now working again. Onward!