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Mountaineer BOE Presentation By the Editorial Staff Editorial Staff 2018 - 2019 Who We Are Editors-in-Chief: Managing Editors: Advisors: Emily Hsiang (19) Lina Petronino (20) Ms. Urriola Kyla Hunter (19) Sandhya Rajagopalan

  1. Mountaineer BOE Presentation By the Editorial Staff

  2. Editorial Staff 2018 - 2019

  3. Who We Are Editors-in-Chief: Managing Editors: Advisors: Emily Hsiang (’19) Lina Petronino (’20) Ms. Urriola Kyla Hunter (’19) Sandhya Rajagopalan (’20) Ms. Seibert Maimoonah Shafqat (’20) Elizabeth Hirschfeld (’21) Liam Chavez (’20)

  4. History - Est. 2014

  5. History 2014 ● The Mountaineer launches as a digital newspaper with a small ○ staff The move to digital was largely a response to a loss of interest ○ among students in the print edition Beset with problems including a string of advisors and server ○ issues Building readership on the new platform was a crucial issue ○

  6. Why we switched to digital Experiment with videos, pictures, audio clips, gifs… Interactive ○ Mirrors changing “real world” of journalism ○

  7. What We’ve Done

  9. most recently…. http://www.mlmountaineer.org/

  11. Media As of this year we have implemented more media into our ● articles We have begun to use media to make our articles pop and for ● quotes Article design has improved; more pleasing ●

  12. Instagram Articles Social media presence has become a ● huge part of popular news sites such as NYT, Vox, Time Our Instagram presence began by ● advertising our website but now we write individual articles/posts Our most popular articles have been on ● MLK Day, Into the Woods, and the Coffee House In the world of instant info, students ● would rather watch videos than read

  13. Progression (of media) Where We Are

  14. What We Want to Do

  15. Print Newspaper Pros and Cons Pros Con More accessible ➔ Logistical difficulties “Event” of publication day ➔ Increased interest in writing ➔ Different form of storytelling ( ↑ membership) Proposal Best of Fall/Spring/Senior

  16. Video Media In 2019, the Mountaineer hopes to increase its usage of video media ● Videos are more comprehensive than text or images ○ Interviews are easier ○ However, videos are difficult ● Video editors needed on team ○ Editing software required - costs money ○ Bottom line: ● A digital newspaper should take advantage of all forms of digital ○ media

  17. Facebook We wish to extend social media presence to Facebook ● Already using Twitter, Instagram ○ Many ML parents use Facebook ● Spreading to Facebook would boost viewership ○

  18. Thank You

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