About Online Publication or e-publication which deals on the usefulness of getting their story online. The use of social media in delivering news or sharing updates via online publication.

1. ONLINE PUBLICATION
Get your story published online...
GEMMA B. ESPADERO, MAELT
Education Program Supervisor

2. Why Online?
Provides faster publication
for authors
More flexible access for
readers
Cost free

3. How online are you?
From print to www:
Familiar with social media?
How often you used these
media?

4. What does it mean for our
authors and their articles?
Faster publication and one,
Definitive citation
After we have edited your article,
We will publish it online before it
appears in print

5. What does it mean for our
readers?
They can go online each day and
See what we have published that
day
or they can continue to scan
The journal each week

6. What does your publication
do
online
Some publication online have a bare
webpage without helpful information
o How can I contribute a story or news
tip?
oHow can I find you on campus?
oHow can I contact you online?

7. What does your website say?
• Do you encourage readers to get involved?
•Do you let people contact you online
(via email, web contact form, etc)
•Do you give people a reason to come back to
your site?
oi.e. News update
oDoes it look like the site content changes
regularly?

8. what should your website do?
• Do you let people know how to find:
o your print edition
o your editorial office on campus
o who’s on the editorial team
o where to send in a comment or news
tip
o where else your paper has an online
presence( link to Facebook group,
Twitter account etc.)

9. • Look at different student
newspaper websites and see if
they encourage readers to
contact you or get involved

12. Your challenges
• Impact of VSU (Voluntary Student Writers)
o most student editors & contributors now
unpaid
o no handover time from one year to another-
incoming editors need to learn from scratch
o Consider starting a wiki or internal web page
where you can keep useful information to help
you and future editors.
• Funding for your student publication may be for a
print version only

13. • Lack of control of your publication
website (often University or Student
Union)
• Poor/difficult to use Uni website
• Lack of support for going online -
funding/training/tools
Other challenges

14. • University concern about publishing
online
oopening up website to comments, user
generated content, etc - legal concerns,
defamation etc
oconcern that website needs to uphold
University's image (website as
corporate marketing tool)
• What other challenges?
Other challenges

15. Where are we now?

19. Don't worry, you do have options
• You may want to start a discussion
with your University and Student
Union about migrating your
publication to an online publication
• - this may take longer than you'll
actually be the editor, but it's worth
starting the conversation.

20. • If you don't want to become a web
publication (or your uni doesn't want you
to!), you have options:
omake your print publication more online
friendly
omake your current website more online
friendly
oexplore online options beyond your uni
website

21. Make your print publication more
online friendly
• publish & promote contact details
including email addresses in the print
version
• Ensure that the relevant people have
access to that email to read and
respond
• Maybe one generic email for news tips
- which will be seen by or circulated to
the whole news team.

22. • Have a visible presence on online
communities where your readers are
(ie Facebook, MySpace, Twitter).
• A place to share your news stories
(here's a taste of what's in the mag this
month) and for readers to send you
feedback and news leads.
•

23. What's a short term solution
to get us online?
• Establish online communities outside the
university to be able to do things quickly
and to keep control yourself
• Ning is a very easy way to set up an online
community - it can be private (for your
editorial team) or public (for all students
of your uni) http://www.ning.com

24. •A Facebook group or page is
another option - and lots of
students are already on there.
•WordPress
•Webs
•And a lot more

25. External hosting warning...
• Beware: Terms of service, copyright
and censorship. Do you want to
control your own media and
copyright?
• Some companies claim copyright on
media (photos! vidoes!) uploaded to
their site (ie Facebook) - read the
terms of service!

26. • Some companies make it difficult to
get your data *back* from their site if
you want to leave (proprietary file
formats, difficult migration process).
Can you back up your data and take it
with you?

27. • Companies like YouTube (owned by Google)
who host the data can decide to censor it ie if
someone claims it is offensive. Try googling
"YouTube censorship" or "LiveJournal
breastfeeding"
• These companies doesn't need to announce
when they remove material or why
• If you publish politically sensitive material,
you may want to consider hosting it yourself
where you can control it.

28. Legal risks
• I AM NOT A LAWYER!
• Educate yourself on the laws around
copyright, defamation & privacy - since
you may be storing & publishing
reader's personal information (a la
Facebook)
• You need to be aware of the legal
considerations the uni faces if moving
to online student publishing

29. • If you are able to demonstrate
knowledge about these issues,
• you have a better chance of the Uni
supporting your move online.

30. What can you do now?
• Talk to your University and Student Union
about expanding your current website &
allowing interactive publishing (ie
allowing comments, etc)
• Continue in print and web or migrate to
web only? A long term decision which
won't happen overnight, and involves you,
the Student Union and the University. Not
to mention your readers, the students.

31. • What else do you want to do
online? What do students want?
Whatever you like to do online, it
should be the essence of your
quest…
What matters most, you always
hold liable to what you post…

32. The End
Thank You!!!