Over the next week we’ll be introducing a few changes to the printed version of the paper, in some cases to make the best use of our existing news space, and in one instance because we also need to reduce expenses. Overall, these changes ought to be a plus for the majority of our readers, as we’ve looked for smarter ways to use our printed paper and Web site to take advantage of the strengths of each medium.
I’ll give you a quick overview here of what’s coming, and we’ll have reminder notes in the paper through the week to help readers find some content that has moved.
Look Sunday on the front of the Business section for business editor Tom Shine’s column explaining upcoming changes to daily and Sunday business sections. We’ll be shifting our resources to give businesspeople more local business news during the week, when they’re working, and putting less emphasis on weekend business coverage. Tom will explain more about that, and the changes that take effect starting Tuesday.
Also Tuesday, you’ll find our Neighbors community news in a new spot, on a new day. The Neighbors pages, previously published inside the Local & State section on Thursday, will run as a separate sheet, on heavier paper, in the Tuesday paper. We’ve also added color to the page.
And starting July 5, the Wichita on Wheels page will move to the Saturday paper, on the back of the Sports section, from the Sunday paper, on the back of the current Business section. Mike Berry will remind Wheels fans about this change on this week’s page.
I realize some readers will love the changes and some won’t, and we welcome your feedback.
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The Eagle’s goal is not quite clear. If you are pushing people to the Web site so you can eliminate the printed version altogether, you are on the right track. I’m adapting to the new reality of Web-based news… but it really plucks my strings to read in the print version (that I PAY for) on Sunday what I read on-line last THURSDAY. Why not change “Excerpts from LAST WEEK’s blog” to “Exceprts from TODAY’s blog” by simply holding said blog comments, and post them at midnight Sunday. Give print readers — your most loyal of readers — first dibs!
Another thing that chaps my hide is to receive the so-called afternoon headlines, and read the SAME headlines that were posted first thing in the morning. Breaking news is not eight hours old. I don’t understand this contining practice, and frankly, it’s not only annoying, it’s embarrasing. Please fix it.
(From Nick Jungman at Kansas.com) FirstAmendmentFan, you are correct about sometimes seeing the morning headlines in the afternoon e-mail. Those e-mails are automated to send the top eight stories out of our running “Top Stories” list. If we don’t have eight breaking stories over the course of the day, some morning headlines will linger in that top eight. Doesn’t happen every day or even every other day, but some of the time.
It’s worth noting that not everyone who gets the Morning Headlines e-mail, also gets Afternoon News Update e-mail (and vice versa).