Before
For many years, the Oklahoma Watch website had a traditional design but it couldn’t be changed easily to fit new designs. With the deployment of Newspack, the editor has far more options to create a dynamic layout
With Newspack
Newspack announces second set of pilot newsrooms; first U.S. site relaunches on new platform
Newspack has chosen a group of 34 news organizations to guide the next phase of development of a new WordPress-based platform for small and medium-sized publishers. They will join the existing pilot newsrooms, including Oklahoma Watch, which just relaunched on the new platform. All sites are expected to relaunch on the Newspack platform by the end of February.
First publisher relaunches using Newspack
More sites due to come online in coming weeks
The Chilean news website El Soberano relaunched today with the Newspack plugin, becoming the first live site to use the new platform designed for small and medium-sized publishers.
“Working with the Newspack development team has been a journey of discovery,” said Ana Arriagada, the co-founder and executive director of El Soberano, based in Santiago.
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A couple of new reports from the world of philanthropically funded journalism show gains in the field of non-profit journalism, and not just in the number of newsrooms.
Next round of Newspack pilot newsrooms to be announced by month’s end
The Newspack team will name in the next two weeks the second cohort of pilot newsrooms that will further guide development of the emerging platform for small and medium-sized publishers. About 500 applicants are being considered for the approximately 50 spots in the next group. These 50 will show that the work we’ve done with […]
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Newspack is a new platform on WordPress.com, aimed at small, aimed at small- and medium-sized news organizations.