[IMC-US] a proposal
john duda
john at manifestor.org
Tue Jul 27 19:10:10 CDT 2004
if this is the editorial proposal we want to go with(no open
publishing, more editorial voice than a purely syndication site), i
would suggest that we *either* give up the url
"us.indymedia.org"(leaving us with indymedia.us) and the other
associated rights of being an "official" imc(syndication by global
newswire, link in the cities.inc sidebar file) *or* submit the
proposed editorial policy to imc-process, explaining our reasons for
not wanting to offer open publishing, in order to give the network a
chance to object before we launch the site officially.
personally i'd prefer open-publishing....seems simpler...
john
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:14:09PM -0700, max wrote:
> proposed by members of michiganIMC.
>
>
>
> I. "featurewire" policy:
> fully automated, syndicated wire of all features from US IMCs
>
> II. center column policy:
> -the center column is the place to feature:
> 1) articles promoted from the featurewire
> -these articles will be either:
> a) bumped to the center column with no changes from the feature wire
> b) bumped to the center column with spelling and grammar corrections if
> needed
> c) bumped to the center column with added links and content with the
> exclusive purpose of adding context for a US-wide audience
> 2) articles written by an editorial team specifically for US-IMC
> a) these articles will be written collaboratively over an email list, in a
> very similar fashion to global
>
> III. additional criteria for center column:
> 1) center column features should be articles produced by local IMCs with
> content relevant to the US-IMC readers
> 2) center column features should be original features compiled by the
> US-IMC editorial team
> 3) there will be an emphasis on featuring articles produced by local IMCs
> rather than by the US editorial group
>
>
>
> IV. process:
> 1) there will be a US-IMC editorial group that will communicate over an
> email list.
> 2) this group will work out a more detailed policy regarding the promotion
> of features to the center column from the featurewire as needed.
> 3) if articles from the featurewire fall within the criteria for the center
> column, they can be promoted immediately by any individual with
> editorial access.
> 4) original articles produced by the US editorial group will follow a
> similar process to global (proposal --> 6hrs without blocking --> publish -
> this can be articulated in greater detail if people want)
> 5) the email list and the internal message boards in Mir will be used for
> inter-group communication
> 6) the editorial group is open to anyone who is already working on a local
> IMC in the US
>
>
> ---
>
>
> Quoting Joshua Breitbart <breitbart at indymedia.org>:
>
> > "live" is such a relative term anyway. Does it mean when the indymedia.us
> > url is
> > pointed to it? Or when we actually start promoting it?
> >
> > The site won't start getting much traffic until it has something more
> > than an
> > untouched syndication feed. We need at least to be able to provide some
> > context
> > for the links, expand or reduce the abstracts, and correct typos.
> >
> > John - I'd like an account. But is there any editorial management at all
> > as its
> > currently configured? Seems like the features wire just rolls along.
> >
> > I think it would be really incongruous to once in a while all of a sudden
> > have
> > breaking news pop up on the site.
> >
> > My main concern is that the site be most useful with the least possible
> > effort.
> > That means a constantly updated center column. For that, we should allow
> > for
> > multiple ways to access the center column. The easiest way to do that is
> > simply
> > to be able to bump up features from the wire and that will probably be
> > the
> > primary source of content. But we'd be making our lives more difficult if
> > we
> > close off the option of being able to post features directly.
> >
> >
> > Josh
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting max <max at michiganimc.org>:
> >
> > should we decide how the site is going to work before we start doing
> > it?
> >
> > max
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> > Quoting bht <bht at indymedia.org>:
> >
> > > one thing about setting up admin accounts:
> > >
> > > we should preface our admin name with what imc we come from, mine is
> > > pdx_bht this is how global does it and is a good way to remember
> > where
> > > we
> > > have accounts!
> > >
> > > also, I can set up accounts and run people through admin use as well!
> > > bht
> > >
> > >
> > > > so, the syndication stuff seems to be working pretty well.
> > > >
> > > > do we want to point indymedia.us and us.indymedia.org at the
> > current
> > > > server? i can turn on the breaking news stuff, and start handing
> > out
> > > > admin accounts to those who want one...there's a lot of features
> > > > coming in, it would be good to get people to start watching and
> > > > categorizing features(we need a set of topics first, obviously)
> > > >
> > > > john
> > > >
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