Tag Archives: moving online

Comment policy evolution: Why you can’t just set it and forget it

Comment policy evolution: Why you can’t just set it and forget it

Posted on 04. Nov, 2010 by .

Like your publication, your comment policy must evolve. Three years ago, when our staff first went online, we didn’t have a comment policy. Instead, we simply copied the letter policy from the print newspaper. It read: We strive to report accurately and will  correct any significant error. If you believe such an error has been [...]

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Five ways to promote your site in the first weeks of school

Five ways to promote your site in the first weeks of school

Posted on 07. Aug, 2010 by .

So you’ve spent all summer learning the difference between CSS and PHP and HTML, and now your staff has your fresh new site up and ready to go for the new year. Rather than targeting your grandma in Albuquerque, why not work with your staff to develop a site promotion plan that will drive new, [...]

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Three-day workshop in Austin to help advisers move online

Three-day workshop in Austin to help advisers move online

Posted on 11. Jul, 2010 by .

Looking to move your program online and don’t know where to start? Or are you ready to move your website to the next level from a free hosting site? The Texas Association of Journalism Educators and Texas Interscholastic League Press Conference are holding a new media training for advisers August 2-4 in Austin. Advisers will [...]

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[Presentation] Print, Pixels and People 2009 by Logan Aimone

Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by .

Print, Pixels & People 2009 NSPA Executive Director Logan Aimone shares his presentation about transforming print publications, moving online and meeting the needs of your audience. This is the presentation he shared at the 2010 Spring JEA/NSPA Convention in Portland.

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[Presentation] Web Only: Taking Newspapers Online – by Steve Matson

Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by .

Steve Matson of Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington, has shared the powerpoint he will be showing at the 2010 NSPA/JEA Convention in Portland, Oregon this week.

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Live Coverage of President Obama’s Iowa City Speech: The First Day of Online News

Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by .

In The Little Hawk’s first attempt to cover an event live and online they chose President Obama’s trip to Iowa City.  Overall, it was a great experience that turned the news lab into real news lab and more than anything it reaffirmed a belief that digital media shouldn’t be feared. At the last few adviser meetings I [...]

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Happy Birthday To Us! Our Top 10 Most Read Digital Media Posts From the Past Year

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by .

Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday JEADigitalMedia.org! Happy Birthday to us! It’s been exactly one today since we officially launched ourselves to the JEA Listserv. During that time we’ve worked to help expand digital media offerings at the JEA/NSPA spring and fall conventions and we have worked to provide weekly content [...]

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‘Comments are Closed.’ Whether to allow online commentary not always easy choice.

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by .

Like many journalistic Web sites, the HiLite Online allows readers to comment on stories. The process of how we post those comments and what legal ramifications, if any, staffs assume that post those comments have been discussed in other articles both on this site and via the Student Press Law Center. This article, on the [...]

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Poynter Institute Will Work this summer to help train advisers to move online – for free!

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by .

Join Jim Streisel, adviser of a 2009 online high school Pacemaker winner, and Poynter faculty member Wendy Wallace in this intensive (and fun!) weekend that will help you take your student journalism online. Course dates: June 25-27, 2010, Friday evening through Sunday afternoon Location: The Poynter Institute, 801 Third Street S, St. Petersburg, Fla. Tuition [...]

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