I have taken on the dauntng task of establishing a residents' newsletter for our community at The Clare. Does anyone have any experience and/or advice on forming a staff, contents, format, computer software to use, etc?
I'd be happy to see samples of successful publications, too. I have some experience in desktop publishng, but is it enough? I want to keep it simple and manageable.
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I've done newsletters, but not in comparable situations. Off the top of my head, in no particular order: Resident profiles, sound off by residents, management communiques, programs at The Clare, things to do in the neighborhood (however you define that). "Staff": editor, production manager (layout, typing), 1-2 "reporters." Have fun! This will evolve.
-- Pat Murphy
I have found that using InDesign is very effective - you can create templates, include text and graphics, etc. etc. I have done two Lulu books this way. I used to do a couple of newsletters, one for a local Quaker meeting and one for a garden club, and used InDesign (on my Mac) for both. It will be interesting to see what you come up with.
my daughter is an editor and has a lot of writing and publishing experience. A note to her and she might have an idea.
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You do a fantastic "newsletter" with this blog! I would recommend that you follow a similar model for The Clare. If you feel like you really need something in "print", simply print and copy a 1 page summary of the elements that can be distributed in everyones mailbox much less expensively that will drive them to the site. If residents dont have a computer, they can gain access on the computer in the common area which I hope The Clare has. This is the model that our nations newspapers are following to reinvent themselves, don't revert back to "old media".
Hello Marlys -- I like the way you write. You have a personal, yet uncluttered and clean, style that I find most appealing. Good for you for tackling new challenges.
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