The GateHouse News & Interactive Division released its Newsroom Handbook — filled with all of the material previously in the Online Handbook — and a variety of new content relevant to helping newsrooms produce successful newspapers and Web sites.

Download the handbook here. Because of the size of the document, it may take a few minutes to download.

The Newsroom Handbook addresses the five 2010 GateHouse Media news content strategy goals: Public service journalism, staff and community blogging, community partner journalism and user-generated content. In the News Cube portion of the handbook, you will receive detailed information and benchmarks on each of these areas.

New information in the handbook includes:

• Zope handbook
• Weekly reader callout schedule
• Online workflow schedule
• Social media recommendations
• Alternative story formats and breakout boxes
• Planning tools
• Google Analytics

The handbook is meant to serve as a tool to help newsrooms grow and a resource to use as your newspaper adjusts to changing reader expectations. The five goals of the News Cube strategy and continued movement with Web Cube are expected to be achieved by our newsrooms this year through an intense training program that we will be discussing at the upcoming meetings. It is important to note that other material in the handbook should be viewed as guidelines, not hard and fast expectations.

If you have questions don't hesitate to contact us darkin@gatehousemedia.com