Editor’s note: Mark Plenke wrote a message on the College Media Adviser’s Listserv about the transition to an online-only publication at Normandale CC. I invited him to revise and expand his comments and share them with readers who don’t have access to the listserv. This is the result. – Bryan By Mark Plenke Adviser, The … Continue reading
The University of Georgia’s Red & Black (previously mentioned here and here and here) has long been an innovative campus media outlet. This semester, they’ve taken that innovation to a new level, abandoning their daily print product in favor of a weekly print/online hybrid and the addition of a monthly full-color magazine. You can see … Continue reading
UPDATE: Additional questions appended after publication. Editor’s note: These are the responses I received from College Media Network’s Rusty Lewis in response to questions I e-mailed him about their new business model/fee structure. Since the announcement says that papers with an average of 25,000 page views/mo. will not be charged a fee, how many of … Continue reading
I like following the CMS (Content Management System) changes in college media, and keeping track of who’s using what, so here’s some CMS trivia related to the ACP Online Pacemaker winners, announced this past weekend in Louisville. Among the winners, CMS used: WordPress: 11* CollegePublisher: 4 Drupal: 3 Ellington: 1 Joomla: 1 Homegrown: 3 Hand-coded … Continue reading
I have created a page under the “Resources” tab at the top of the blog with a list of links to free online tools. This is a gathering place for links that I showed during a presentation at the National College Media Convention in Louisville (and also a couple of other workshops). I’ll be updating … Continue reading
As mentioned Friday, MTVu/MTV Networks sold College Media Network to a private investment firm last week. Saturday afternoon, I interviewed CMN’s Rusty Lewis about the sale, and other related topics (like the College Publisher CMS). Below is the mp3 of the interview. It’s about 11 minutes long, and was conducted via Skype. Here’s a link … Continue reading
YouTube isn’t just for kids with light-sabers and teens with webcams any more. As the popularity of YouTube increases, at student newspapers, we wonder about the advantages and shortfalls of third-party hosting versus hosting your video locally. First off, why would any media outlet want to host their video elsewhere? Simple—unless you have a large … Continue reading
