Whether you’re a first-year or returning student, the editorial board would like to welcome you to campus. The DePauw serves you and the campus as the independently owned, student -run newspaper. That means we are not funded by university money. Instead, we are financed through subscriptions, donations and advertisements. This allows us to pursue stories wherever it may lead and provide our readers with the best attainable version of the truth. How we present that truth depends on you.
We strive to provide accurate content on the innovative platforms that our readers use. Our goal for the 2014-2015 school year is to amp up our presence on digital media platforms to better serve our readers. Keep an eye out for more online videos, more pictures and daily content updates. Just like last year, you can like us on Facebook, as well as follow us on twitter and Instagram. We encourage it.
In each issue, we will print tweets from our audience, and once a week, we will feature a follower’s Instagram photo in the paper. This semester we will also begin rolling out fun new tidbits. Be on the lookout for puzzles in the print edition, as well as polls and quizzes attached to our online articles. We will also post to social media to bring you inside our newsroom. We want to let our audience in on the shenanigans that occur while we produce the content.
Our push to online mirrors the paths of professional media outlets. However, the internet realm is largely uncharted territory for newsrooms. As we become more familiar with our online medians, we hope to keep developing fresh ways to present the news and interact with our readers.
Ed Board feels that interaction with our readers is critical to defining the DePauw’s role in such a small community. Whether it is through tweets, Facebook messages or letters to the editor, the staff at The DePauw hopes to see everyone involved in community discussions. We want to know what our audience likes to see and needs to see. Do you have a question that you’ve always wanted answered about DePauw or the community? Tweet at us, email us or ask us in person and The DePauw will look for an answer. We want to hear from you.