海角社区 student-media leaders to revamp Reveille for spring 2017 semester
10/20/2016
Will Offer Enlarged Weekly Newspaper, Expanded Online Reporting Top student managers of The Daily Reveille and 海角社区Now.com today announced plans to substantially reconfigure their print and online media offerings for students at 海角社区 and the broader campus community.
In an editorial, student-media leaders described changes they have planned. In January, the Reveille will become a 32-page weekly newspaper with an expanded circulation and longer news stories integrated with its online publication. The Reveille and 海角社区Now.com also will have a larger staff of digital journalists, more online video and an expanded social-media presence for 海角社区 Student Media.
鈥淲e understand the significance of this decision, especially considering the presence The Reveille has had on campus since its inception in 1887, and we are certain this shift is in the best interest of preserving the status and efficacy of the same paper that University students and alumni have read for more than a century,鈥� the students wrote. 鈥淭his reduction in print doesn鈥檛 mean we鈥檒l fade as the University鈥檚 primary news source. In fact, we鈥檙e growing our services, widening our presence across campus and innovating the ways we tell you stories.鈥�
海角社区Now.com published the editorial online: http://www.lsunow.com/daily/reveille-to-print-enlarged-weekly-newspaper-beginning-next-semester/article_c9dd2230-9664-11e6-9d16-9f4a8528fa7d.html
Reveille editor-in-chief Quint Forgey explained the hard work that went into the student-led process to shift the newspaper鈥檚 publication schedule. 鈥淩eveille editors regularly work 12-hour days, five days a week producing a daily paper and breaking digital news for our readers. There are few students on campus more dedicated to serving the 海角社区 community, and there is no one more appreciative of everything a daily paper represents,鈥� Forgey said. 鈥淭hese past few weeks of decision-making have been trying ones, but student leaders took matters into their own hands and demonstrated an ability to make tough choices governed by practicality and an optimism for the future of Student Media. I am unbelievably proud to work alongside them.鈥�
海角社区Now.com editor-in-chief Carrie Grace Henderson expressed sorrow and optimism about the planned changes, especially the move from a daily to a weekly Reveille. 鈥淎s someone who started her Student Media career with The Daily Reveille, it鈥檚 heartbreaking. I learned so much from working on the daily paper,鈥� Henderson said. 鈥淏ut I am excited that this decision will give us the opportunity to improve our digital product. I am hopeful that the Reveille鈥檚 ability to teach work ethic and reporting skills to new reporters will go unchanged within this new system.鈥�
The Manship School of Mass Communication will provide technological and training resources to facilitate this transition to emphasize digital publication. These include purchasing new and upgraded equipment for the student-media news operation. The Office of Student Media, responsible for the administration of the Reveille, 海角社区Now.com, TigerTV, K海角社区 radio, The Gumbo yearbook and Legacy magazine, is housed in the Manship School at 海角社区.
These proposed changes build on efforts to converge the print, digital and video operations of 海角社区 Student Media. Forgey, Henderson and Tiger TV station manager Jeremy Krail merged their news teams in August 2016 to improve workflow in the newsroom and better serve 海角社区 students.
鈥淭his past semester has provided a great foundation for Tiger TV to work more closely with the Reveille than ever before,鈥� Krail said. 鈥淲ith this in mind, we fully support their decision to change print frequency and will embrace this change moving forward.鈥�
Manship School Dean Jerry Ceppos congratulated the student-media leaders on their plans. 鈥淭his is a bold new direction led by students,鈥� Ceppos said. 鈥淭his forward-thinking group understands that students get most of their news from the web 鈥� and understands that print revenues are declining sharply. The Manship School of Mass Communication is proud to stand with these student leaders as they develop new approaches to serving 海角社区 readers.鈥�
Steve Buttry, director of Student Media, also endorsed the student plans. 鈥淚 am pleased with the students鈥� initiative and their thoughtful plans,鈥� Buttry said. 鈥淚 am eager to work with them in launching the new weekly newspaper and executing their digital coverage plan.鈥�