Check out the presentation below from this week's webinar on graduation coverage - and the resource links related to this story - for 10 ways to improve your graduation coverage this year. No. 1 on the list: Plan now. And the theme throughout: Do something different this year in print and online. There are lots of ideas in the presentation.
Here's the full list:
The 10 Ways
1. Plan now
2. Package in print/Special sections/Keepsake
3. Package online
4. Promote early and often
5. Innovative content ideas
6. Reader involvement
7. CPJs
8. ASFs
9. Breakouts
10. Web tools
We flesh out each of these below in the presentation, which was part of the News & Interactive twice-a-month training webinar series.
Here's a link to the presentation on scribd.com if you cannot view it below.
Here are the links to register for the next two webinars. As always, if you have ideas for future webinars that would be helpful to your newsroom, please let me know at cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com.
• When a reporter shoots photographs
When: Thursday, April 22 at 1 p.m. Central/2 p.m. Eastern
Content: 10 tips, including framing, composition, lighting and background
Presenter: State Journal-Register staff photographer Justin Fowler
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/381332979
Audio: dial in: 877-336-1831/access code: 6303681100
• 5 ways to improve the layout of your sports page
When: Thursday, May 20 at 3 p.m. Central/4 p.m. Eastern
Content: ASFs, adding layers, headline hierarchy and more
Presenter: GateHouse design director Joe Greco
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/957153498
Audio: dial in: 877-336-1831/access code: 6303681100
Check out the presentation below from this week's webinar on graduation coverage - and the resource links related to this story - for 10 ways to improve your graduation coverage this year. No. 1 on the list: Plan now. And the theme throughout: Do something different this year in print and online. There are lots of ideas in the presentation.
Here's the full list:
The 10 Ways
1. Plan now
2. Package in print/Special sections/Keepsake
3. Package online
4. Promote early and often
5. Innovative content ideas
6. Reader involvement
7. CPJs
8. ASFs
9. Breakouts
10. Web tools
We flesh out each of these below in the presentation, which was part of the News & Interactive twice-a-month training webinar series.
Here's a link to the presentation on scribd.com if you cannot view it below.
Here are the links to register for the next two webinars. As always, if you have ideas for future webinars that would be helpful to your newsroom, please let me know at cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com.
• When a reporter shoots photographs
When: Thursday, April 22 at 1 p.m. Central/2 p.m. Eastern
Content: 10 tips, including framing, composition, lighting and background
Presenter: State Journal-Register staff photographer Justin Fowler
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/381332979
Audio: dial in: 877-336-1831/access code: 6303681100
• 5 ways to improve the layout of your sports page
When: Thursday, May 20 at 3 p.m. Central/4 p.m. Eastern
Content: ASFs, adding layers, headline hierarchy and more
Presenter: GateHouse design director Joe Greco
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/957153498
Audio: dial in: 877-336-1831/access code: 6303681100
