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News & Interactive upcoming training schedule

Chris Biondi, coordinator of online content, works with a local staff on Web Cube.

Meetings to discuss GateHouse Media's 2010 content strategy are set. All meetings start at 12:30 p.m. and run to 3:30 p.m.

• Thursday, Feb. 11: Alexandria, LA
Location: Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Alexandria, 2340 North MacArthur Dr., Alexandria, LA 71303


Ascension Citizen [LA]
Beauregard Daily News [LA]
Leesville Daily Leader [LA]
Post South [LA]
Southwest Daily News [LA]
The Bastrop Daily Enterprise [LA]
The Cajun Gazette [LA]
Vinton News [LA]

• Thursday, Feb. 18: Needham, MA
Location: Community Newspaper Company


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WebCube Moments of the Week for March 12, 2010

At the end of each week, we highlight good work in WebCube by newsrooms across GateHouse in WebCube Moments of the Week.

When you have a good day for consistent homepage updates, a new photo gallery or a poll running, send me a link or a 'screen grab.'

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2010 GateHouse LEDE program participants announced

We are excited to announce the 12 class members selected for the 2010 Leadership Series program, LEDE (Leadership, Education, Development and Enterprise). Over the next eight months, the group will participate in two training sessions at News & Interactive offices in Downers Grove, Ill., and spend time with some of the top editors in our company. The goal is to teach editors of small newsrooms and section editors of larger newsrooms the skills to lead in the next decade.

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The MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.) has launched a great project idea tied in with a new HBO series that is already creating some buzz that is sure to continue for months to come: the Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks-backed World War II series "The Pacific."

MetroWest used Web callouts with great success to track down veterans to participate.

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The Herkimer (N.Y) Telegram and Little Falls (N.Y.) Evening Times recently launched new designs as part of the GateHouse News & Interactive incubator program. News & Interactive worked with editor Lorraine Heath and her staff in the Herkimer newsroom on the project.

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WebCube Moments of the Week for March 5, 2010

At the end of each week, we highlight good work in WebCube by newsrooms across GateHouse in WebCube Moments of the Week.

When you have a good day for consistent homepage updates, a new photo gallery or a poll running, send me a link or a 'screen grab.'

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Webinars: Shooting, summer and graduation

Our first two webinars in the series - on front page design and using the new template - were very informative, and we had great participation from the newsrooms.

Below, we have added the schedule for April and May. Remember to check out the offerings for March, too, including a presentation March 18 by design director Joe Greco with some great technical tips.

Please let me know if you have an idea for a future webinar: cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com.

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Pa. weeklies join sister daily in redesign

A group of Pennsylvania papers earlier this year launched redesigns as part of the GateHouse News & Interactive Incubator Program.

We recently posted here about the daily Wayne Independent's new look. Today, we will show you some highlights from the three weeklies: Carbondale News, Hawley News Eagle and the Moscow Villager.

First, the new-look fronts. Note the new content in the rails and across the bottom of the pages.

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How to give a big storm the big package treatment online

Great coverage today by the staff at MPNnow.com/The Messenger Post in Canandaigua, N.Y., of yet another big snow storm.

Online content manager Ryan Williamson turned to the new template's hompage package feature to pull everything together.

Here's Ryan:


WebCube Moments of the Week for Feb. 26, 2010

At the end of each week, we highlight good work in WebCube by newsrooms across GateHouse in WebCube Moments of the Week.

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WebCube Moments of the Week for Feb. 19, 2010

At the end of each week, we highlight good work in WebCube by newsrooms across GateHouse in WebCube Moments of the Week.

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