K-State Collegian: dead tree only, plz

[sigma7]

The online version of the Kansas State Collegian has become...I don't know what to call it anymore. "Embarrassment" doesn't encompass its awfulness. I was hoping that in moving to College Publisher, the online production would worry less about those ever-challenging aspects of online production (like HTML) and be able to concentrate on just getting a newspaper online. But Jesus.

Today there are two stories on the front page, neither of which can be called "news" -- your headlines are "Students must exercise caution when driving in winter weather" (which is also the subhead) and "Citizens can work to better society by admitting fault, taking responsibility" -- which is a goddamn opinion piece, no less. And that's all. No graphics (though yesterday's front-page graphic was a blown-up thumbnail with a terminal case of the jaggies) at all. It's pretty obvious nobody involved with the online production gives half a shit, which is a shame, considering how much work goes into the dead tree edition.

I don't know what y'all're paying the online guy(s), but it's too much.

Comments

[iamstillthemoon.livejournal.com]

I think it's time for a long, day-in-the-life-of-Sigma7 post.

*cheesy grin*

[erica-roo.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness... the first time I read this I read "Students must exercise caution when DRINKING in winter weather." Uh huh... it's already been a long day...

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

That too. Get too drunk and you can't feel the fact that your face is getting frostbitten.

And somehow I think the online guys aren't getting paid at all. Doing it for credit, which means they're paying TO do it.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

And somehow I think the online guys aren't getting paid at all. Doing it for credit, which means they're paying TO do it.

That's just a depressing thought. When rewil and missmiah and I did it, at least we were getting a pittance.

But the quality level of the current output makes me think they're not even taking pride in what they do. I think they lost a bet.

[erica-roo.livejournal.com]

Get too drunk and you can't feel the fact that your face is getting frostbitten.

Which is why I didn't question it until hours later when I went back and reread it. I actually think my headline would make a much more interesting (and helpful) story. They could have tied it into Halloween. "Just because you have an excuse to wear very little clothing doesn't make it smart and if you're drinking, you won't realize that your arms and legs are about to fall off."