Not to throw too many tomatoes, but the Daily Emerald made a very “newspaper” mistake today with their website. I’d like start a discussion about “the better way to do it.” Case in point: The Daily Emerald, I believe as a part of their magazine edition for IntroDUCKtion, created a campus directory. The directory includes [...]

This is a framework for inventing a better Craigslist. It is highly unlikely that newspapers will reclaim the monopoly they had on classified advertising pre-internet. They controlled the platform before the internet, and were able to dictate what information used their print pages to gain readers and audience. Some newspapers have lost control of the [...]

The administration of Whitman College, the school I went to for my freshman year, has decided to cut funding to its Varsity Alpine and Nordic ski teams. The community is in uproar about this decision; if you aren’t on one of the teams, then you have a friend who is. Andrew Spittle, the Web Manager [...]

Last night, I realized we’ve started bitching about the Daily Emerald in the peanut gallery without offering any positive advice for change. I’d like to offer my thoughts on how to turn the struggling newspaper into a successful digital news enterprise. Step one: hold a transparent weekend (or weeklong) jam session to develop a strategic plan. Invite [...]

Greg Linch was interviewed by David Cohn in the past week about CoPress which is way, way cool:   As the project has been a very, uh, organic process, I thought I might clarify on a few points Greg made. First off, it is of my humble opinion that open source content management systems are [...]

If you wanted to build a completely digital student news organization from scratch, how would you do it? Which beats would you cover right off the bat? Would you cover club sports and campus sustainability, or the common news the student newspaper already covers? What form would your content take? Would you focus on text, [...]