Entries from April 2008

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The Day the Music Died

By: Robert Baskin (Online Director)

Last Thursday around 8 a.m., I received a phone call from our Online Editor informing me that the Web site was down, and politely asking if I could get it back online as soon as possible. It seems we had been linked to by the Drudge Report (to our story on Aliza Shvarts), and the [...]

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Apology for Duplicate Emails

By: Robert Baskin (Online Director)

Dear YaleDailyNews.com subscribers,
Some of you may have erroneously received many duplicate emails from the Yale Daily News in the past few minutes. It was a result of server testing we were conducting to improve our headlines email service, and it went awry. I want to apologize for the error, and assure you that we are [...]

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Two New Features at the Yale Daily News

By: Andrew Mangino (Editor-in-Chief)

Dear YaleDailyNews.com subscribers,
I’m pleased to announce the introduction this week of two interactive additions to YaleDailyNews.com. Even if each serves a “niche” interest, I hope one or the other sparks in you a related idea for how the Yale Daily News can continue to enhance its online presence.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Tags, Tags, Tags

By: Henry Corrigan-Gibbs (Director of Online Initiatives)

In class today I was sitting behind another student who appeared (to the professor, at least) to be furiously typing notes into his laptop.  From my perch behind him, I could see that this kid was browsing the Yale Daily News Web site.
While I was perplexed that he bothered to drag himself out of bed [...]