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[edit]I evaluated the article on Washington Post reporter Ed O'Keefe. Although this article is very underdeveloped, all of the most important information seems to be there. However, the majority of the sources are unreliable. The writer of the article cited mainly sources that were either self-reported information (such as LinkedIn or Facebook) or biographies from his employer's websites. All information seems to be properly cited except information in the Early Life and Education sections. Additionally, there are only two (mainly one) users that contributed to this article and there are no comments on the talk page. This shows that the article needs work and additional attention from more users. Overall, the article has the absolute minimum information about O'Keefe but lacks the credible sources and finished look for the article to be taken seriously.
Wiki article draft: student publication
[edit]Original intro:
[edit]A student publication is a publication run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news. Working for one's high school newspaper is sometimes an extracurricular activity, but often is integrated with offered journalism classes. Some schools have both a basic class in which students learn about newspapers and a class that produces the school's newspaper.
Edited:
A student publication is a media outlet such as a newspaper, magazine, television show, or radio station produced by students at an educational institution. These publications typically cover local and school related news, but they may also report on national or international news as well. Most student publications are either part of a curricular class or run as an extracurricular activity.[1]
Additional paragraph added below:
[edit]Student publications serve as both a platform for community discussion and a place for those interested in journalism to develop their skills. These publications report news, publish opinions of students and faculty, and may run advertisements catered to the student body. Besides these purposes, student publications also serve as a watchdog to uncover problems at the school. The majority of student publications are funded through their educational institution. Some funds may be generated through sales and advertisements, but the majority usually comes from the school itself. Because of this, educational institutions have specific way in which they can influence the publications through funding.[1]
Original online publication section:
[edit]Due to the rise in adoption of computers and Internet, many high schools and colleges have begun offering online editions of their publications, as well as printed copies. As printed student publications become more and more scarce and student publications move online to best fit the news needs of today's students, student newspapers will run into several issues. One of these issues is what is called the "daily me." Coined by Cass Sunstein in his book Republic.com (2002, ISBN 978-0691095899) the "daily me" is the current trend of online readers looking for personalized information providers. In this way the reader deals with only the subjects they wish to deal with. In this way readers are not inconvenienced by material they have no interest in and can personalize an information product themselves, providing added value to both themselves and the provider. However, some believe this trend may not be the best for society, who is now faced with a public that chooses how well to be informed. On a campus paper, this trend will likely manifest itself in the increased number of "hits" to the common "sports" and "opinion" sections of the paper, while hard news sections go un-noticed. This new type of print culture could possibly result in drastic formatting and content changes for student newspapers. Another difficulty with the emergence of online student publication is the increase in demand for new content. While an update once a day or even once a week was once acceptable for a student publication, real time information resources will soon be demanded by students who grew up with constant updates of news coverage. This shift in content demand will require more effort and more time by the student newspaper staff.
At the University of Central Florida, an online student website was created by an alumnus in 2009 to compete with the Central Florida Future, UCF's independent print newspaper. Both news sources seem to target similar advertisers, so the question of whether online or print newspapers will be the future at the university level, could be answered in Orlando, depending on which becomes dominate.
Edited:
Due to the rise in adoption of computers and Internet, many high schools and colleges have begun offering online editions of their publications, as well as printed copies. These publications are now able to reach a wider audience than before. With many student publications moving to online, content is more accessible to the student body and production of the content is easier.[2] As printed student publications become more and more scarce and student publications move online to best fit the news needs of today's students, student newspapers will run into several issues. One of these issues is the increase in demand for new content. While an update once a day or even once a week was once acceptable for a student publication, real time information resources will soon be demanded by students who grew up with constant updates of news coverage. This shift in content demand will require more effort and more time by the student newspaper staff.
Another issue is what is called the "daily me". Coined by Cass Sunstein in his book Republic.com (2002, ISBN 978-0691095899) the "daily me" is the current trend of online readers looking for personalized information providers. In this way the reader deals with only the subjects they wish to deal with. In this way readers are not inconvenienced by material they have no interest in and can personalize an information product themselves, providing added value to both themselves and the provider. However, some believe this trend may not be the best for society, who is now faced with a public that chooses how well to be informed. On a campus paper, this trend will likely manifest itself in the increased number of "hits" to the common "sports" and "opinion" sections of the paper, while hard news sections go un-noticed. This new type of print culture could possibly result in drastic formatting and content changes for student newspapers.
Changes made: Deleted unrelated second paragraph, added section, broke up paragraphs and move the ending of the original paragraph up farther
Formatting:
[edit]I plan on reformatting the article so that there is more general information in the beginning about the purpose and background of student publications. After that is established, then the article will move into individual sections about how specific countries vary in their student publications. I will edit these sections so that the information is not repetitive and focuses solely on new information that only applies to that specific country.
- ^ a b Hapney, Terry (May 10, 2013). "Student Newspapers at Public Colleges and Universities: Lessons from the United States". Marshall University.
- ^ Buckingham, David; Harvey, Issy; Sefton-Green, Julian (1999-12-01). "The Difference is Digital? Digital Technology and Student Media Production". Convergence. 5 (4): 10–20. doi:10.1177/135485659900500402. ISSN 1354-8565.