Posts under ‘College Media News’

Nick Brennan just got back from covering the Democratic Convention in Denver for NYU’s Washington Square News, and another reporter is covering the Republican Convention in St. Paul this week.
Full coverage is here. Brennan went all web 2.0 on the DNC with his coverage - archived here. “I twittered, shot video and photos, and […]

The Tower, student newspaper at Catholic University of America, has switched from College Publisher to Wordpress with the relaunch of their web site at cuatower.com. The new site is skinned with the Revolution WP theme.
Ryan Reilly, co-editor-in-chief, writes:
We made it one of our goals to drop College Publisher and start generating our own online revenue, […]

I was interviewed for a story by Becca Denison of the Daily Tar Heel - Student paper forced to trim. Harry Montevideo of Georgia’s Red and Black also comments.
And DTH Editor in Chief Allison Nichols uses the incident to examine the DTH’s fiscal health in this blog post.

Image via Wikipedia The Daily Californian at Berkeley is taking a drastic step to cut losses this year. It’s cutting back the production schedule, dropping Wednesday’s issue.
Editor Bryan Thomas writes:
The Daily Californian is in a difficult financial condition, and with the beginning of our fall production cycle this week, we are implementing a number of […]

Image via Wikipedia Adam Hemphill writes about a recent case of an attempt by administrators to control online content for a college newspaper through a somewhat unique avenue - demanding access to the newspaper’s web server if the server is purchased by the university.
Seattle Pacific University’s Falcon student newspaper is in the crosshairs in the […]

Image via Wikipedia Hillary Lehman writes about her experiences as incoming managing editor of the Independent Florida Alligator:
… running a student paper is anything but play. In terms of news content, you have the ability to really make a difference. And as anyone who has ever worked at his or her student paper knows, it’s […]

Greg Linch has a wrap-up of feedback about the Miami Hurricane’s new WordPress site.
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite

Last Friday, I spoke with College Media Network’s Rusty Lewis to attempt to get some more information about the Campus Daily Guide episode we’ve been following (see previous coverage here).
Lewis was gracious enough to respond to every follow-up question I asked. I made it clear that these questions were meant to gain additional understanding for […]

Greg Linch announces the new iteration of the Miami Hurricane web site, which is now powered by WordPress (see our previous coverage here). Check out the beta site and send them feedback if you’re interested (full-screen capture of the front page below the fold).
Greg gives a run-down of some main features of the new site:

Increased […]

Rusty Lewis is director of university relations for College Media Network, formerly known as College Publisher. Yesterday, I e-mailed him some questions about the Campus Daily Guide (see previous coverage here).
Here are his answers to those questions, unedited.
 What exactly is the Campus Daily Guide?
Basically, the sites are campus resources for students that will also prominently […]