Thursday, February 03, 2005
Rob Curley Thread
Rob Curley, of www.lawrence.com is coming on Feb. 24! Clear your calendars!!
Rehash of first editor's meeting
So we met with our section editor’s today, and I think it went really well. Everyone seems really enthusiastic about their section, and very passionate—which is key! I’m glad that our enthusiasm is rubbing off on people.
Things we talked about with everyone include:
Update schedule
Determining how stories are going to fit into different sections
‡ each editor will determine a set of criteria or questions that stories must conform to
Having editor’s require an outline from writers (still haven’t decided if this will happen or not; may leave up to individual editors)
Keeping events calendar informed
Rob Curley from www.lawrence.com is coming!!!
At the bottom of article, there will be a link to the author’s email + bio
By the next meeting on Tuesday, everyone must think through all sections and possible sources they might have to share with everyone
Policies for determining how the site will work over the summer
Policies for selecting new staff, esp. editors in the coming years
Stressed the importance of assuming what problems will happen and developing policy to deal with them
Style for specific sections
Sources required
NO email interviews accepted (unless necessary; i.e. study abroad section)
Discussed times for a weekly editor’s meeting next quarter
Whether we need access to the AP Wire for photos; if we can use Scripps access to Knight-Ridder
We need to meet with the legal team
Contacting study abroad about potential for posting from current students and making contact
All editors are doing a great job of recruiting staff
Our first discussion was with Meghan about the Campus News (ON THE GREEN) section.
Three sections > In the news; On the field; In the classroom
Her staff is looking good, right now she has at least six interested people
We need to see if we can get her a good contact at Ping about intramural sports
She is hoping to have an off-campus section, geared at students on internships and study abroad
For the Columns section:
We need to establish criteria for columnists and how they are selected
Themes of columns
“From the editor’s desk” column – Cara and Katie are going to share a column (probably one of us will write a column each week)
For From Our Readers section:
We decided it is more important at this juncture to develop policy than to have content generated.
Possible requirements include having photos named a certain way to avoid viruses.
Also, we discussed requiring photos be sent from ohio.edu addresses to verify that they are from students.
We need to determine if we can have a form email on the page, or if they must be sent from oak.
Guidelines for submission will be posted on the site.
Classifieds:
‡ we want to link to the student senate book exchange; maybe they will crosslink
‡we also need to determine what kind of liability we will have for transactions (spell out policy somewhere)
‡ou-centic classified, like dorm lofts and other furniture
‡payment? Probably free to start out with; need to be edited and word length determined
Word length and allowable frequency of letter’s to editor need to be discussed
Possibility of making different categories for photo submissions
(Guidelines for photos are important! Disclaimer: we assume all activity is legal)
Polls, and also poll for front page
Culture section:
We want to have mp3s and possible streaming video on this section; at minimum, a photo because it is going to be a visual section
Need to determine how far away we will cover events—Columbus concerts
We need to go outside of current staff to recruit people: College of Fine Arts, TCOM
Possible convergence with Friday’s Live (need to talk to Julia, Frederick Lewis)
Link/stream ACRN?
In the Limelight:
This section looks great! Great story ideas coming here… they plan to focus on different corners of uptown
Will work with photojournalists (Aaron?)
Photos are required
Need to determine how categories will work; update schedule
Events calendar:
Currently a staff of one, need more!
Bar specials, restaurant specials
Must coordinate with other sections and keep editor informed
Will work closely with entertainment
Where to look for events: Baker, Post, A-News, Bars, Green offices, SAC Web site, OU Calendar, UPC, Coffehouses
Possible coffeehouse section
Types of events: speakers/shows/concerts on campus/concerts uptown, in area, Columbus/food + drink specials
Ellen needs to determine what categories will be
Update schedule will be as things come in
Hopefully will be able to get a schedule of when to call different venues set up on a weekly basis
Link to reviews in Entertainment
We also discussed our ad campaign (see thread).
On our most current to do list:
Talk to legal team
Get a room for Tues. Feb 15 and recontact Westfall
Find someone to do a workshop on column writing (Hopefully Caren can do this)
Organize Spring editor’s meeting times
Buy nametags for Tuesday’s mtg
Find the status of the newsroom
Contact Follett’s about painting window
Get domain name/server space (contact s2f!)
Get editors to determine criteria for sections
Editors to determine policies and style
Review progress of design team
Meet with ad team
Determine some sort of fundraising + SAC funding
Rob Curley
Put together calendar for next quarter
Determine archiving policy
Business cards/logo
Contact student senate about book exchange
Work with ad team/prssa?
Things we talked about with everyone include:
Update schedule
Determining how stories are going to fit into different sections
‡ each editor will determine a set of criteria or questions that stories must conform to
Having editor’s require an outline from writers (still haven’t decided if this will happen or not; may leave up to individual editors)
Keeping events calendar informed
Rob Curley from www.lawrence.com is coming!!!
At the bottom of article, there will be a link to the author’s email + bio
By the next meeting on Tuesday, everyone must think through all sections and possible sources they might have to share with everyone
Policies for determining how the site will work over the summer
Policies for selecting new staff, esp. editors in the coming years
Stressed the importance of assuming what problems will happen and developing policy to deal with them
Style for specific sections
Sources required
NO email interviews accepted (unless necessary; i.e. study abroad section)
Discussed times for a weekly editor’s meeting next quarter
Whether we need access to the AP Wire for photos; if we can use Scripps access to Knight-Ridder
We need to meet with the legal team
Contacting study abroad about potential for posting from current students and making contact
All editors are doing a great job of recruiting staff
Our first discussion was with Meghan about the Campus News (ON THE GREEN) section.
Three sections > In the news; On the field; In the classroom
Her staff is looking good, right now she has at least six interested people
We need to see if we can get her a good contact at Ping about intramural sports
She is hoping to have an off-campus section, geared at students on internships and study abroad
For the Columns section:
We need to establish criteria for columnists and how they are selected
Themes of columns
“From the editor’s desk” column – Cara and Katie are going to share a column (probably one of us will write a column each week)
For From Our Readers section:
We decided it is more important at this juncture to develop policy than to have content generated.
Possible requirements include having photos named a certain way to avoid viruses.
Also, we discussed requiring photos be sent from ohio.edu addresses to verify that they are from students.
We need to determine if we can have a form email on the page, or if they must be sent from oak.
Guidelines for submission will be posted on the site.
Classifieds:
‡ we want to link to the student senate book exchange; maybe they will crosslink
‡we also need to determine what kind of liability we will have for transactions (spell out policy somewhere)
‡ou-centic classified, like dorm lofts and other furniture
‡payment? Probably free to start out with; need to be edited and word length determined
Word length and allowable frequency of letter’s to editor need to be discussed
Possibility of making different categories for photo submissions
(Guidelines for photos are important! Disclaimer: we assume all activity is legal)
Polls, and also poll for front page
Culture section:
We want to have mp3s and possible streaming video on this section; at minimum, a photo because it is going to be a visual section
Need to determine how far away we will cover events—Columbus concerts
We need to go outside of current staff to recruit people: College of Fine Arts, TCOM
Possible convergence with Friday’s Live (need to talk to Julia, Frederick Lewis)
Link/stream ACRN?
In the Limelight:
This section looks great! Great story ideas coming here… they plan to focus on different corners of uptown
Will work with photojournalists (Aaron?)
Photos are required
Need to determine how categories will work; update schedule
Events calendar:
Currently a staff of one, need more!
Bar specials, restaurant specials
Must coordinate with other sections and keep editor informed
Will work closely with entertainment
Where to look for events: Baker, Post, A-News, Bars, Green offices, SAC Web site, OU Calendar, UPC, Coffehouses
Possible coffeehouse section
Types of events: speakers/shows/concerts on campus/concerts uptown, in area, Columbus/food + drink specials
Ellen needs to determine what categories will be
Update schedule will be as things come in
Hopefully will be able to get a schedule of when to call different venues set up on a weekly basis
Link to reviews in Entertainment
We also discussed our ad campaign (see thread).
On our most current to do list:
Talk to legal team
Get a room for Tues. Feb 15 and recontact Westfall
Find someone to do a workshop on column writing (Hopefully Caren can do this)
Organize Spring editor’s meeting times
Buy nametags for Tuesday’s mtg
Find the status of the newsroom
Contact Follett’s about painting window
Get domain name/server space (contact s2f!)
Get editors to determine criteria for sections
Editors to determine policies and style
Review progress of design team
Meet with ad team
Determine some sort of fundraising + SAC funding
Rob Curley
Put together calendar for next quarter
Determine archiving policy
Business cards/logo
Contact student senate about book exchange
Work with ad team/prssa?
Advertising ideas thread
Paint the window at Follett's
Get stickers that have www.speakeasymag.com on them
Send an email to all students through Chubb on launch day
(Also ENews, Scripps Notes, etc.)
--> College of Fine Arts?
Include on all pre-launch fliers: email your pictures to user@speakeasymag.com
Organize banner for College Gate
Facebook announcement (official one)
Facebook messaging, Facebook group, etc.
Links in AIM profiles
Have all writers upload link to their oak site to increase google.com results
Business cards
Organize time with ad team/prssa
Get stickers that have www.speakeasymag.com on them
Send an email to all students through Chubb on launch day
(Also ENews, Scripps Notes, etc.)
--> College of Fine Arts?
Include on all pre-launch fliers: email your pictures to user@speakeasymag.com
Organize banner for College Gate
Facebook announcement (official one)
Facebook messaging, Facebook group, etc.
Links in AIM profiles
Have all writers upload link to their oak site to increase google.com results
Business cards
Organize time with ad team/prssa
