I’ve discovered there are folks who regularly read The Daily Pennsylvanian online every morning shortly after we publish at 5 a.m. For those unusually dedicated readers and many others who would like to get their fill of Penn news before going to bed, I’m pleased to announce we’re now publishing at midnight.
In the Internet age, earlier publication has become the norm for newspapers both large and small. We’ve recently implemented some newsroom changes that make the same possible for us.
Some articles will trickle in after midnight due to when events end and when news breaks. Nonetheless, our new mindset is to get content up as quickly as possibly.
Over time, that will mean more breaking news stories and updates. I’m really looking forward to it and hope you do too.
Oneofthemost remarkable stories in the news coverage of this year’s presidential election is the impact being made by college students across the country. Because of Pennsylvania’s late primary, students here at Penn have been relatively insulated from the candidates’ intense courtship of the youth vote in states such as Iowa. That said, no one with a television set or access to the internet could possibly ignore the media frenzy.With that in mind, the editors of the DP were interested in finding out exactly what Penn students are thinking about U.S. politics in general and the presidential election in particular. We published results of a scientific opinion research survey this past week on Tuesday 2/5 (pdf) and Wednesday 2/6 (pdf), coinciding with our comprehensive coverage of Super Tuesday.The survey was conducted over a period of four days (2/1-2/4) online. Invitations to participate were sent via e-mail to a random sample 3,000 undergraduate and graduate Penn students, netting 601 unique responses (and a +/- 4% margin of error, different for subgroups).
Unfortunately, due to space constraints, only a limited set of the results could be published in the paper. If you’re curious, you can download a full copy of the data summary here.
Super Tuesday and this past weekend’s primaries have left John McCain the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party. In the tightening Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, however, Pennsylvania’s late primary might ultimately count quite a bit. This survey is, therefore, great insight into how campus will divide up come April 22.
P.S. Some might be interested in knowing that we used the software LimeSurvey.
My name is David Lei and I am the incoming Executive Editor of the Daily Pennsylvanian. It is my pleasure to introduce Inside the Newsroom, our shiny new blog.
It is often said that the DP lives, both figuratively and literally (have you seen our building, 4015 Walnut?), in an ivory tower. One of our most important goals, and why we have created this blog, is to address that perception by increasing transparency. At the end of the day, we exist to inform and serve the University of Pennsylvania community. I hope our musings and thoughts here will make this clearer to you, the reader.
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