The crew at Poynter’s News University is about to embark on our most important project since we launched four years ago: redesign of the site. However, this isn’t just about a new look – although we really need a face-lift. This is about re-imagining how best to serve our audience. How can we make NewsU more useful to our more than 100,000 registered users in more than 200 countries?
That’s why we are launching this blog. We want you to know what we are doing and why. Our hope is that you’ll add your thoughts, comments and ideas. We’ll keep you posted on our progress and, at certain points, ask for feedback and suggestions.
To get started, here are some of the specifics. We are working with a Denver-based company called Aten Design Group. The new site will be based on Drupal, an open-source content management system.
Why Drupal? Many of the functionalities we need are part of the collection of modules already created by the Drupal community. That saves us time and money.