Tower blogs Papal visit
April 18, 2008 in showcase, Websites
The Tower student newspaper at Catholic University of America set up a separate blog to detail the Pope’s visit to campus. Updates (like this one) were sent to the WordPress-backed blog with a Blackberry phone. #
[...] previously covered the Tower during the Pope’s visit in April. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social [...]
[...] The Tower’s first experience with WordPress came in March and April of this year, when we covered the visit of Pope Benedict XVI on the “Pope at CUA” blog we established. We quickly learned that blogging was not only popular, but actually made the production of the print issue much easier. Oh, and if I did not mention it before, the Tower’s special edition, which hit stands on April 18, a day after the Pope’s visit, won “Best in Show, Special Edition” at the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) conference in D.C. over the summer. Our blog was also featured in the Washington Post and Innovation in College Media. [...]