TunApocalypse Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Not sure how everyone else feel about this, but while we're rebooting the newspaper I think it's important to figure out what exactly we're trying to do with it. For example: What kind of articles will we be writing? (How serious do we want this to be? Will we only report on significant game related events? Are we targeting the world, or just TWP?) What other content will there be? ("ads", cartoons, advice columns, letters to the editor, classifieds, etc.) How frequently do we want to put out a publication? (weekly, monthly, bi monthly, quarterly, etc.) How do stories get written? (submissions, dedicated journalists who have to submit a story for each publication, both, something else?) I'd really like to see this take off and do well, and I feel that gettting this stuff figured out is key to the newspaper's success.As a side note, I'd like to help out with the paper but don't believe I'll have enough time to dedicate to writing articles or anything, but I'd me more than glad to serve as a proofreader if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Badger Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I think this is a great idea! I would like to explore this. Zogradia has begun to explore the first issue and some focus would probably help greatly! Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediobogdum Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Issue frequency is always a hard one to agree on. I would suggest to start out that bi-monthly would be a good periodicity. Ideas are very often easy to come by for the first few issues but things tend to 'dry up' thereafter and undue pressure is brought to bear upon editors, writers, etc to produce good quality articles, and the staff has a tendency to become disillusioned, and leave. As for content and structure, the Dass Nachrichten team did a great job for the single issue and maybe you should tap into their thoughts and add those to your own. The overall format was good although there was a need for better proof reading of the BBcode because we had a few 'bloopers' One thing that we must include, is pictures. Our last publication, although it had good content and a good banner, lacked visual impact as it was all text. Zogradia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Badger Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I really like the idea of bi-monthly! If something really big or exciting comes up and others want to contribute then we could have a special edition. I also think that we can keep it brief. It could be more of a Christmas newsletter (god I hate those) or a bulletin rather than a newspaper. It might be nice to hear from the Delegate or Guardians every issue. Even if it was only a couple hundred word address to the peeps. It could become a regular feature! Forum government can contribute also. I like the idea of an issues section. It could be cut and pasted from our forum with some addition from our issues expert. As I've read some of the newspapers other regions have, I'm frequently bored with the articles. So often they are about people or events that are meaningless to me. I think if we are going to talk about people or events it should be done in a uniquely TWP fashion...snark filled! Funny RMB quotes? BREIF explanations of various traditions found in NS might be fun. Like our karaoke or The Pacific's stat posting. Just a few ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediobogdum Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Karaoke: suggest you ask Yy if he could write something about its history, the "rules", and embed one or two songs for every edition? How about a series on "How did you become involved in NS" -starting with an interview of the Old Guard and then the New Guard? What about a series done by the Polandball group with sketches/skits of TWP characters? That's 3 different regular topics that should keep somebody busy for a while Big Bad Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Badger Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediobogdum Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 From TWP Regional Message Board: a post by Mediobogdum Thanks to all TWP nations that voted in the Regional Poll for the new name for our Regional Newspaper Here are the results of the poll: The West Pacifican 45 votesYe Olde Snarkee 30 votesThe Snarky Times 14 votesThe Snarky Sun 4 votesThe Weird Pacific Sun 2 votesThe West Pacific Snark So, it's now over to Big Bad Badger and Zogradia to get the first issue of The West Pacifican out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogradia Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 As DA of the press, I say we could have some not-so-serious news, along with a couple serious stories. I think roleplay might also be a good idea, like "Plane crash in Fujai's largest airport" or "Zogradi capital faces flooding". Maybe we could invite other nations to write the roleplay stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogradia Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Also, I've been thinking about releasing the newspaper just after Halloween, like November 1st or 2nd, just so we can include Z-4, and also so I can get everything else together. Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunApocalypse Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 A November 1st Z-4 issue would definitely be ambitious, the newspaper staff would have to work through the night to have an issue ready in time. We could definitely get an article together about TWP's purge experiment (if we go through with it). Do we have enough material prepared/planned to justify a full release on the 1st or 2nd? Perhaps we can release it as a Z-4 Special Edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogradia Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I haven't gotten anything submitted to me yet, so I'm not sure how much material we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malviet Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Anyways, is there any newspaper staff currently available? If not, Zogradia could write up a recruitment telegram and ask Badger to send it region-wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogradia Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Actually, I think I'll do that, but I'll probably wait until after Z4 begins and everyone set their nations to "cure". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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