This is a presentation I did at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco in April of 2013.

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Publications 2.0
The time is now to move your
publication online.
start herestart here

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#hsjSF
@manfull
aaronmanfull.com
JEADigitalMedia.org
theNext26.com
MediaNowSTL.com

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Joomla 2008-2010

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WordPress 2010-current
UPDATE FHNTODAY
SCREENSHOT!!!!!!

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Give Your Publication
An Online Presence
Stop Thinking About Doing It
Start Today
(But don’t give up print: http://goo.gl/hAaxT )

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Everything must revolve around it.
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•Put an editor in charge
•Offer incentives for students. Writing for the
Web shouldn’t be used as punishment.
•Create positions that revolve around the
web

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Class Structure
newspaper yearbook
Writers
Designers
Photographers
Writers
Designers
Photographers

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newspaper yearbook
Writers
Designers
Photographers
Some Web
Video
newspaper
Writers
Designers
Photographers
Some Web
Class Structure

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newspaper yearbook
digital
media
Writers
Designers
Web
Video
Photographers
Writers
Designers
Class Structure

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Web Editor
Content
Digital
Media DirectorPublicity
EIC
Digital Media
Editor Roles
Coding Social Video Photo

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Define your purpose.
What is your mission?
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•How do each of the student media at
the school differ?
•What niche will the Web find itself
fitting into?

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a sitemap.

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Get an easy, memorable URL
and hosting.
Our progression:
• FHN.FHSD.K12.MO.US/STUDENTPUBLICATIONS/NEWSPAPER/INDEX.HTML
• FHN026.com
• Northstartoday.com
• Excaliburyearbook.com
• FHNtoday.com
(considered francishowellnorth.com)
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Ways of going about it:
•PDFs/ISSUU.com – Dreamweaver – CMS
(ie. My.hsj.org Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal)
Where to learn about it:
•Books -- Find free tutorial handouts and videos by
searching the Web -- Lynda.com -- Hire someone in your
community to come in and train you and your staff (they may even do
it for free)
*It’s ok to have people at different levels of knowledge
and great if the students have more than the advisers
Choose your platform and learn*
all you can about it
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aaronmanfull.com @manfull JEADigitalMedia.org
Next26.com MediaNowSTL.com