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On 03/22/2010 09:35 AM, Rashadul Islam wrote:
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cite="mid:17fa59581003220635x63e713fbvdb04aa846e3bc276@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Dear Editors:<br>
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The announcement beat will be updated within 36 hours from now. Please
hold the announcements.<br clear="all">
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<br>
Thanking you,<br>
<br>
Rashadul Islam <br>
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Hi Rashadul and FWN Team --<br>
<br>
The beats are usually submitted by sometime before about 18:00 UTC on
Mondays, and usually what beat writers do is if they can't get a beat
in by then, we skip that week and hold for the following week.<br>
<br>
As of right now, we only have two beats in, Planet and Security
Advisories. <br>
<br>
Are there other writers who also need more time? Larry, Adam W.,
Neville, Ryan, what are your plans for this issue? We have a couple
choices:<br>
<br>
1) Change FWN release date to be Tuesday or Wednesday this week only<br>
2) Change FWN release date to be Tuesday or Wednesday permanently, to
give people more time at the beginning of the week to complete their
beats<br>
3) Skip this next issue if we do not have enough content to warrant an
issue<br>
4) Move to a biweekly format (once every two weeks), coming out on
either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday<br>
<br>
I'd suggest that I have noted a couple trends over the past year or so:<br>
<br>
1) some writers are finding it hard to sustain a weekly time commitment
to produce a beat<br>
2) it is hard to attract new beat writers because of the time commitment<br>
3) there is often not enough content in some beats to warrant a weekly
beat<br>
<br>
I am also cross-posting this to the Marketing list as folks there might
have some useful ideas. What would be the impact, do you think, of FWN
moving to a bi-weekly frequency? Thanks for everyone's thoughts! <br>
<br>
- pascal<br>
<br>
----<br>
Pascal Calarco<br>
Editor, Fedora Weekly News<br>
Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA<br>
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