What do you want in the revamped Knight electronic newsletter?
Editor’s note: Bud Meyer is Senior Communications Officer and Secretary of Knight Foundation. He asks below what you, our readers, want from a Knight newsletter.
Heads up, folks.
We’re sending out Knight News – our revamped electronic newsletter – this week, and we want to know what you think. It will make a monthly appearance and goes out to some 6,000 recipients.
We intend to offer a mix of stories and multimedia features. If you have ideas for future stories, send ‘em my way: meyer at knightfoundation dot org.
KnightBlog readers know there’s an opportunity to check in frequently there to see what we’re up to. The newsletter links to the blog with some new features, including a 5 Questions interview by Lee Oglesby, communications intern, with News Challenge/Young Creator David Cohn about his novel approach to funding investigative journalism.
Knight News is also different because it responds to our readers. We surveyed a sample of newsletter readers and asked them what they wanted to see. They said: News about upcoming funding opportunities. So you’ll see Opportunities in the upper right corner detailing things in the pipeline.
We’re seeking comments, too, to make sure we’re connecting to readers and they to us.
No need to wait, though. What do you think?
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July 3rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
“You can modify/update your subscription via the link below.”
Which link, specifically?
I want to change my e-mail address and not unsubscribe.
Other than that, looks quite nice.
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Mr. Meyer,
Maybe you need a copy editor. Your opener, “Heads up,” should not have an apostrophe.
The panel of head shots on the opening screen looks kind of lilywhite, doesn’t it?
Other than that, no problems.
– Ol’ retired English teacher
July 6th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
@Richard, You can use the “unsubscribe” link at the foot of the e-mailed newsletter to manage your subscription too. It would not actually unsubscribe you without taking some successive steps. Since the link is generated uniquely for each e-mail sent, it’s not part of the web version of the e-mail. If you wish for me to administratively change it for you, please just send an e-mail to web@knightfoundation.org and I’ll take action as directed.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Mara, thanks for your comments. I am the blog editor, and I’ve corrected that in the post above.
Take another look at the images in the News Challenge widget; the group is growing more diverse and we have every expectation that will increase in next year’s contest.