From sj-approval Tue Jun 27 19:48:11 1995 Return-Path: Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA23621; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 01:48:15 -0400 Received: from audumla.students.wisc.edu (students.wisc.edu) by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA23597; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 01:48:13 -0400 Received: from F181-113.net.wisc.edu by audumla.students.wisc.edu; id AAA24616; 8.6.9W/42; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 00:48:11 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 00:48:11 -0500 Message-Id: <199506280548.AAA24616@audumla.students.wisc.edu> X-Sender: jedelman@students.wisc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: sj@world.std.com From: jedelman@students.wisc.edu (Josh Edelman) Subject: One paper, two schools X-Mailer: Sender: sj-approval@world.std.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sj Greetings fellow SJers! My paper is looking at some major changes for next year, and I'd like all of your input and ideas on how we should go about it. Currently, we're a one-school, student-owned newspaper with all the traditional sections (news, arts, feature, sports, editorials, poetry, etc.). We're considering publishing at two schools next year, with as close to equal representation as we can get. That is, I'd like to see sports and news and arts about both schools, and submissions from wherever we can get them. The advantages of this seem pretty substantial. We'd double our circulation, which would let us raise ad rates 50% or so. We'd also become far more accesible to a whole new group of afvertisiers who were out of our area before. We would have a bigger writer base, so we could be more picky with what we let into the paper, thereby increasing our overall level of quality. Perhaps most importantly, we'd be giving hundreds of students the sort of free and independent press they've never seen before; keep twice as many students informed and entertained. The drawback? Aside from the organization aspect (which honestly doesn't seem too daunting), is what one could call "intimacy." For the last four years, we've been something special to one school -- something no other school had. We were "their" paper. But if we start working at two schools, we'll loose a little of that. The paper could become more foreign, more distant, and therefore less interesting. It's a consideration, certainly. Am I missing something? Am I seeing too much in something simple? Am I over/underemphasizing something? What advice can you give? This is an exciting, albeit scary, new path for all of us, and any tips or thoughts we could get would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Josh ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Josh Edelman jedelman@students.wisc.edu The Independent indepen@aol.com "There is no shame in hiding behind the First Amendment. That is what it is there for." -J. Goldfoot ~~~~~~~~~~~~