This new theme has a lot going for it and only one thing against it. Size.
I really want a 500 pixel width on my main column. Right now it is set to 450. This doesn’t make much sense to me, because that really limits how large you can show your photos. I don’t know about you but I want as much size out of a photograph as I can get.
I wish WordPress offered more free themes.
Last semester we reached our readers well over half a million times through the Web.
The exact number of hits on kykernel.com from semester beginning to end was 572,767, a number that surprised me when I looked into our stats. It should be obvious to all of us that the days of putting online content on the backburner need to end.
Our readers are coming to us more than in the morning and there is no reason we can’t provide content. As we provide the material, they will begin to use the site more.
Traditionally, we all put our online content to the last of our cares as we work on the hallowed print edition, trying to tweak it to perfection and capture one day’s news as wholly as possible. After our PDFs are sent and reporters and photographers have long flown the coop, we load up our online content. The only time we upload before print edition is for game stories and major, major breaking news.
I’m not pushing for any changes that would sacrifice quality. Together we can increase the quality of our newspaper.
With our earlier deadlines, isn’t it possible to be able to publish stories sooner? It would be great if every desk would think of ways that we could work together to get content online faster.
Please come to me with ideas. I am looking forward to working with you this semester as we strive to make our content more accessible for our readers, but most of all provide our community with great journalism.
Don’t be frightened.
With all of this talk of multimedia, technology you’ve never used and weekend-long workshops, it may seem overwhelmingly and obvious that you are going to get in over your head. You’re not.
Thursday kicks off our first multimedia workshop for the Kernel. We will be creating campus related multimedia and learning the process. Many of you have said you don’t know where to even start, but we’re all together in not knowing much of anything, this guy included.
Reporters, you’re not that far behind. Despite being up on camera technology, the photographers have just as much to learn. This is a great opportunity to be able to screw up. If by Sunday, you haven’t created a cohesive piece, it’s OK. It wasn’t an assigned story for the paper, and at the least you’ve learned the basics.
All of our productions will go onto our new multimedia site, kernelmixedmedia.com. As the semester goes on I’ll be working and tweaking this site to perform as smoothly as possible, and we’ll all be working to produce excellence journalism to upload to it.
KNPA entries were due last night. I worked my tail off going through my pictures from all of 2007. Instead of doing a massive slide show, I’m going to break it down, and hopefully get some feedback. These are my best sports photos from last year.
We’ll start with a picture story about the 2007 football season. Captions are as they were turned in.
This year, my goal at almost every football game was to make pictures, excellent pictures, due to the light. I watched for it. I wanted it. Without even noticing it at the times, I ended up with solid photos, due to light. I’m learning.
UK quarterback Andre’ Woodson stands with his team at the start of his second Music City Bowl appearance. Woodson was prospected to be a Heisman winner at the beginning of the season. Woodson led his team over top ranked LSU and to a second Music City Bowl.
LSU running back Charles Scott leaps into the end zone during the Kentucky vs. LSU game on Oct. 13, 2007. The Cats beat the top ranked Tigers after three overtimes.
UK fans argue a call at the UK vs. LSU game on Oct. 13, 2007. The Cats fans have suffered through many losing seasons, but for the past two years have enjoyed finishing with a post season record of 8-5.
Head coach of the Cats, Rich Brooks, argues a call at the LSU game. Brooks was long ridiculed by fans, along with athletics director Mitch Barnhart for the hire. “Ditch Rich and Mitch,” slogans were more common before the Cats titled as Music City Bowl champions for two years in a row.
Sophomore offensive tackle Justin Jeffries flexes to the crowd after UK put points on the board against LSU. The Cats beat the top ranked Tigers in three overtimes and moved to No. 7 in the rankings
Junior linebacker Braxton Kelley celebrates with fans on the field of Commonwealth Stadium after UK defeated No. 9 Louisville. The fans rushed the field twice during the 2007 season.
Head coach Rich Brooks holds up two No. 1’s to the crowd before leaving the fan-stormed field after defeating top-ranked LSU. Brooks had been under scrutiny for what he called a rebuilding process, but proved himself and his team by defeating a top-ranked team for the first time in 30 years.
Fans cover their eyes from the sun in Commonwealth Stadium during the UK vs. Florida game on Oct. 20, 2007. A once uncommon site, the fans filled the stadium for multiple games this season.
ESPN GameDay came to Lexington for the first time to cover the UK vs. Florida game. Around 10,000 fans showed up for the event and were the loudest group GameDay had ever seen.
Senior Andre’ Woodson looks for an open receiver against Vanderbilt defenders in Nashville on Nov. 11, 2007.
Senior Wesley Woodyard hugs Rich Brooks while his teammates pass their second Music City Bowl trophy around after the Cats defeated the Florida State Seminoles on New Year’s Eve, 2007. Brooks said that his senior class was the most special group of people he had ever coached.
I’m just going to assume you guys are reading Jim and Elliott’s blogs.
I went with them to get information about their picture stories, the Woodsmen and Old man and the sea. In Jim’s whip, we blazed through back roads, while testing out his new Tomtom. I basically mooched off their last picture story, the Old man and the sea. This guy was awesome. I didn’t get great pictures, but I’m OK with them considering I just hung out for half an hour.
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