New site design! Well. For a while now, considering as I haven't updated in a long time... Oh, and articles are lagging. Darn it, I keep getting ideas for articles but then not having the time to write them.
Anyway. Progress. Some time ago, when we met with Mrs. Curran (we still meet as a team weekly! :D), she pointed out a big flaw with our system of inviting new writers. We need to really formalise our writing guidelines along the lines of those of true journalistic publications, so that he articles we get are appropriate for a general audience, as that is our aim. Thus, we've developed a working model, which can be found here: http://feedback-sis.com/writing-guidelines/
Also, when we tried to launch a few weeks back, we were faced with some extra difficulties. First, there was the issue of sustainability. Quite a few student publications in the past have simply puttered out after the original group graduated. Secondly, there's another group, 50NFR, doing something similar too. It was suggested we partner with them, or merge.
After meeting with them twice, most recently this Thursday, we have come to an agreement. As our two groups have different aims in terms of what sort of publication our projects will be, including the target audience, will not be able to merge. However, Feedback will have a page dedicated to 50NFR where we will post a "Preview" of each successive 50NFR issue, while 50NFR will have a section of select Feedback articles chosen by their editors. Also, 50NFR readers will be able to go on Feedback to post comments on 50NFR articles. This will work to promote our respective publications to the other's readers.
Feedback launches next week. I believe it's something to be excited about.
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