Archive | March, 2010
Why an ideal online comments section should not require personal identification
I’ve found the debate over anonymous commenting to be quite interesting. For me, it first flared up about a week ago, when Mathew Ingram and Howard Owens debated news organizations’ reader commenting policy on Twitter. Should readers have to provide a real identity (first, last name) and possibly a verification of that identity, or should you [...]
Continue reading...Linking the print product with the online product: Do your readers know what you offer online?
Posted by Brian Manzullo at March 15, 2010
One part of the online battle for journalists is building an effective Web presence. But it doesn’t mean much if your readers know little about it. Admittedly, one of Central Michigan Life’s struggles throughout the past year has been consistently promoting its online content. Like most other student newspapers around the country, our only effective promotional [...]
Continue reading...An ode to CoPress… and a look ahead
Posted by Brian Manzullo at March 2, 2010
It was a little more than a year ago when, as online editor at Central Michigan Life, I was tasked with reconstructing cm-life.com from the ground up. Since we were one of dozens of student newspapers that used College Publisher, we first considered upgrading from 4.0 to 5.0, which would effectively redesign the site and give [...]
Continue reading...Who am I?
The future of news media has never been more exciting to me.
I am a multifaceted young journalist looking to become a web producer or a sports reporter with an online bent. I'm currently interning at The Grand Rapids Press, and previously served as 2009-10 editor in chief of Central Michigan Life, the award-winning student publication of Central Michigan University.
I was named 2009 College Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association, and graduated from CMU in May 2010 with a degree in journalism and media design. I spent the summer of 2009 at The Grand Rapids Press as a copy desk intern, and summer 2008 at The Saginaw News as a metro reporting intern.
Posted by Brian Manzullo at March 30, 2010
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