Tuesday, July 31, 2007

12 step plan (well I can only think of 10 for now)...

to mobilize an on-line periodical.

1. Think of a title for the periodical. It should reflect that it's student-run, it is current, critical, and filled with submissions based in multimedia (text, sound, image, moving image, interactivity, or any combinations of them).

2. Create a stronger concept of its platform: Submission policy, web-site layout (is it just a blog? or can there be a more appropriate format), definition of critical, how many posts (daily? weekly? monthly?)

3. Should the work only be created by students or can it be something found?

4. Should faculty/staff be encouraged to post? Outside USC? Residencies? Submissions by well-known people?

5. Finding submissions...through classes like the ones mentioned below, clubs, honors programs, greek, promoting the site with posters, flyers, e-mails, where else?

6. Create a production space where students can develop and produce their ideas. Taper seems ideal for location...but it doesn't have the resources to support ideas.

7. Develop workshops for learning software and ways to use multimedia tools to critically examine ideas in class, current events, or random issues.

8. Get support from student workers who can assist with software during production time.

9. Getting an audience...get the site shown on monitors in school buildings like Annenberg, Lucas, Zemekis, dining halls (other buildings with monitors????),
linking the site to USC websites.

10. Creating a student core group who will take managerial and editorial leadership.

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