KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010 / NEWS
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94 STEPS
University Daily Kansan moves down the hill
The University Daily Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall, is moving this week to the Dole Human Development Center on Sunnyside Avenue. The Kansan will merge its newsroom with KUHJ-TV, the campus TV station, which will become Kansan TV.
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
BY HANNAH JENNISON hjennison@kansan.com
The University Daily Kansan will move its newsroom from StaufferFlint Hall to room 2000 of the Dole Human Development Center on Sunnyside Avenue today. The Kansan will share a newsroom with the campus TV station KUJH, which will become Kansan TV.
Kansan editor-in-chief Brianne Pfannenstiel said the move, which was put in place by the School of Journalism, will require a lot of
"The only real drawback I see is 94 steps — 94 steps up the hill."
adjustment from Kansan and KUJH staff.
"This move is something that's going to be difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons," said Pfannenstiel, a senior from Lawrence. "But in the end it's something we need to do to bring together all our resources. We can't be one newsroom with one product until we're all in the same place."
Malcolm Gibson, general manager and news advisor, said the move has been in the works for a long time.
MALCOLM GIBSON Kansan general manager and news adviser
"Ultimately, the goal was to bring
all of the newsrooms together," Gibson said. "In the end it is just easier for us to move than it is for KUJH to move."
KUJH recently made the switch from being faculty-run to student-run. The Kansan, which has always been an independent student organization, will begin to incorporate
KUJH's news casts into its daily operation.
Gibson is making the move along with Sales and Marketing advisor Jon Schlitt. The Kansan's business, production and advertising
offices are also relocating to Dole.
Gibson said although Stauffer-Flint held sentimental value, the move was a good thing. Having KUJH and The Kansan in the same building will allow the students to create a more cohesive product, he said.
"I'm excited about uniting the print side and the video side," said copy chief Sarah Kelly, a senior from Lawrence. "The Kansan will be a better publication because of this move, but the old newsroom was home."
Leita Walker, spring 2002 Kansan editor-in-chief, said Stauffer-Flint would always be a place for journalism students.
"The multimedia center in Dole was just starting as I was graduating,
but I think that this is probably a good thing for The Kansan," Walker said.
Though it isn't a far move, Kansan staffers will have to adjust to being farther away from Stauffer-Fint.
Jayhawk Boulevard and the rest of KU's main campus.
"The only real drawback I see is 94 steps — 94 steps up the hill," Gibson said.
KANSAN.com
While cleaning out our second home — some would call it the Kansan newsroom — we stumbled upon a few buried treasures. Relics of a campus divided by war and civil unrest, advertisements for 15-cent hamburgers and documentation of more than one national championship were tucked away in our editor's office.
From The Kansan newsroom, we've witnessed, photographed and written about decades of change here on Jayhawk Boulevard. As our slogan touts, we've proudly been the student voice since 1904, and that's a legacy we plan to continue from our new digs in Dole.
As we produce our last issue from inside the walls of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication here in Stauffer, we leave you with remnants of the daily lives of KU students through the words and photos of generations of student journalists.
Check out a photo gallery of some of the things we uncovered during our move at Kansan.com.
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