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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 2, 1999
"We wanted to create a Web product that would allow students from all sequences and across campus to participate in the news."
Christopher Ryan, professional in residence, works on the Digital Jayhawk, a community Web site for the University. The site, scheduled to launch at 3 p.m. today, will combine audio, video and online capabilities, as well as discussion forums for users. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
James K. Gentry journalism dean
Digital Jayhawk opens information window to KU
By Jennifer Roush
jroush@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
A Web site will be unveiled today by the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications that will serve as an all-encompassing news service for the University of Kansas, the first of its kind in the nation.
The Web site, Digital Jayhawk at www.digital.jayhawk.org, will be launched at 3 p.m. at 130 Budig Hall, said Gary Hawke, executive director of the Digital Jayhawk. The Digital Jayhawk newsroom is located at 2052 Dole Hall.
The Web site will combine audio, video and online capabilities, as well as discussion forums for users.
"It's a one-stop shop that can bring users highly selected information that they want." Hawke said.
He also said that the Web site would contain an archive of all of the news stories done by KU journalism students. Stories can be searched by name, subject and date.
Users will be able to watch KUJH Channel 14 on the Web site, as well as listen to KJJK 90.7. Streaming video of KU events, such as commencement, speeches and some sporting events also will be available.
Christopher Ryan, professional in residence and technical/ content director of the Web site, said there would be more than just news on the Web site. He said the site also would include a master calendar of University events, chatrooms and discussion forums. Campus organizations also will be able to create Web pages directly on the Digital Jayhawk or link
their existing pages to the Web site. These pages can be created by people who have no knowledge of computers, Ryan said. For more information, organization members should visit the Digital Jayhawk.
The idea for the Digital Jayhawk began four years ago when Hawke went to a broadcasting convention and viewed Internet software that he thought would be useful for a large news Web site. He also thought it would be interesting for journalism students at KU and could help better serve the alumni.
and could help better serve the people. The Web site began to take shape in 1997 when James K. Gentry became dean of the School of Journalism.
"Without his support, it wouldn't have happened." Hawke said.
Gentry said that when he came to KU in the summer of 1997, there was a newspaper, a television station and a radio station, but he said there wasn't much use of the Internet.
"We wanted to create a Web product that would allow students from all sequences and across campus to participate in the news," Gen tr y said.
The Web site also will provide marketing experience for advertising and business communications students, who will sell advertising space on the Web site.
Gentry said he was happy that the Digital Jayhawk was almost finished. He said the Digital Jayhawk would continue to be a work in progress.
"We started working on it in the fall of '97, so it's nice to see it's going to happen," Gentry said.
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He said that much of the credit for the Digital Jay hawk
should go to Ryan, who came to the University from the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel last October. Ryan will continue to work for the Uni-
continue to work versity next year.
"Chris was the right ingredient at the right time," he said.
Ryan said that the Web site, which he called a community Web site for the University, should be accessible for users today.
"This is the media convergence everyone's been talking about in action," Ryan said.
He emphasized that what the public will see at the presentation to the beginning
is just the beginning.
Ryan also said that he has devoted so much time to the Web site this week that he had to cancel the two sections of Journalism 657: The American Press that he teaches.
"I've had a couple of people call me and thank me for the days off," he said.
In math for the days on, he said.
But not all of his students, who have projects due next week, were so happy about it.
"You lose those two hours of class time to work on projects, and the lines of communication between student and instructor are inhibited," said
ssor are inhibited, said Michael Vodicka, Liber-trille senior.
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