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Converge for the Better

Posted March 23rd, 2006. By Dave Studinski. In From the Editor.

Frequent visitors to the DN|Online may notice a new addition to the top of the site today: the Ball State Media Partners’ bar.
No - not that sort of bar, but rather a series of links representing our fellow student media outlets at the university. (It’s missing from this blog site right now, but we’re working on that.)
Earlier this year, students, staff and faculty in the College of Communication, Information and Media got together to discuss the future of media convergence at Ball State. Out of the numerous brainstorming sessions we’ve been involved in, one of the most liked ideas was the addition of a universal link bar across all the student media Web sites.

As you see, this idea has come to fruition.

Many users noticed the change at the launch of our site redesign earlier this year. Until this school year, Ball State’s student media were distant from one another - rarely working together or socializing. Admittedly, there’s still a long way to go until perfection — but we’re at least well on our way.

NewsLink, WCRD and the DN proudly display the bar as of today. In the meanwhile, Expo’s presence on the Web continues to be developed and Ball Bearings is working on adding the bar to its pages, as well. By the end of the year, we hope to launch an even bigger project that promises to be your first place for news in Muncie and around Ball State.

Since our media partner links have moved to the top of the site, the DN LINKS area will soon transform into something different, providing more “quick links” within the DN site. We welcome your comments for what those links should be and encourage you to e-mail editor@bsudailynews.com with your suggestions.

In the interim, we hope you enjoy these exciting developments in Ball State media.

We certainly are.