With thanks to Sarah Kramer and Ashley Withers who collaborated on this. Tips for a Kick-ass Newsroom: No. 1: Title name said. This is the eleventh commandment. Thou shalt always style it “title name said,” unless the title is too ridiculous. Then, God commandth thou shalt style it “name, title, said.” Obey or someone will … Continue reading »
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SMU Link Soup: It’s Mmm… Mmm… Good
I used to round up links for my EIC blog (before I apparently forgot how to post to it). I figure this could be a good thing to do on this blog, since I’m still getting Google Alerts about SMU. I can’t wait for graduation and the day I can turn them off. So without … Continue reading »
My Bad: The Importance of Admitting You Were Wrong
Just because you never run corrections doesn’t mean you’re never wrong. I was talking to Craig Flournoy, one of my journalism professors, one day last April when he said something to that effect. The Daily Campus had just run a correction recently, and he was telling me that we, the paper, were doing the right … Continue reading »
A Brief Hiatus. The Return to Blog.
Things got a little busy this past semester. [Ed. note: I'll say they did!] My brief stint as Editor in Chief of The Daily Campus has been wonderful. I set out with a few goals, and thankfully we accomplished nearly all of them. This was one of the best semesters we’ve had in quite a … Continue reading »
Print is Dead
From today’s Daily Campus: The Board of Directors of Student Media Company voted yesterday to continue the suspension of Friday print editions of the paper for the Spring 2010 semester. While we had hoped that we would be able to bring Friday editions back to the newsstands next spring, the economy’s downturn still affects us. … Continue reading »
Sneak Peek: The Daily Campus
I’m a little speechless. College Publisher just sent back their version of the mockup we sent them for our new Web site. What you see to the right is a small snapshot of the awesomeness. We had a couple of goals (well, I did) when this redesign started: It had to be user-friendly It had … Continue reading »
