I would like to know what everyone would think about having a Canadian Newspaper and New Organization. I would love to start one in Canada and think it would be a great way to get people who dont have government positions and people who have nothing to do a way to be active in Canada. The set up would be like a regular News Organization would. We would have a Director, and reporters. We could do interview with NationStates leaders, members of Canada, and just people in general. We could do articles on recent Canada events, international incidents, world politics, an article on an NS leader/region/organization, and much more. This would be a great opertunity for the people of Canada to be informed of NS world events, who leads the regions and organizations that keep NS from crumbling and it would also help Canadians to see both sides of the war of invaders-defender. I hope you like this idea, as it would be very awesome to see this go through. Thanks for taking the time to read this....good day.


General BenjaminA

Great idea. I like it. YAY.

I like the idea as well. We've discussed this issue somewhat recently and while we had a number of people lined up to write, we didn't succeed in getting any issues out. How would you propose that this idea be taken to fruition? With what frequency would the newspaper come out? What is the relation of this idea to the ambassador's report?

Accually the week my internet got disconnected (successfully ending my two week reign as MoBD), we were gonna publish the first paper. The topic is still pinned in the Beer and Doughnuts forum.

I wouldn't mined trying to start it up again, but I think we need new writers... I secretly PMed people to write before because nobody would volunteer lol

CBs, do you have any of those articles saved? At least one person PMed me about the paper and said that they had sent you something, and asked if I wanted to go ahead and publish, which seemed like a good idea--unfortunately I didn't have any of the articles (and they didn't save theirs). If you still do, then that's a good place to start with this project.

naw I didn't get any. I was disconnected on the monday and the issues were due on the friday. and there's nothing in my PM box except one of a person asking me what there are suppose to write.

:(. That's a shame as I like this idea a lot.
There was a round of interviews with Cabinet some time ago by a former member, MrPopo.
The threads are in 'Citizen's Voice' --> 'News Desk' <link> (you may have to alter the view cut-off date to show all). I'm not sure how useful this will be, or if these have already been seen, but might help to make a starting point.

Well to answer your questions. We could give it more fruition by advertising for it. We could also make it fun and enjoyable by adding a Games section of the articles. Now when I say article i mean a big article. Not just a couple paragraphs but about 4 or 5 sections, each including maybe 3-5 paragraphs each and each section talking about something different. Now sometimes there will be special issues addressing certain topics. I was thinking that this newspaper could come out every week or so. Maybe it could come out twice a week, it depends. Hopefully if I can get some people to help me we could make it a steady two times a week. Well, the relation this would have to the ambassador's report would be similar, however we would address a wide range of topics, and not just focus on very narrow subjects. It would also have some humor and comedy, some fun stuff, some political stuff about NS, and some other wide ranges. The news articles I hope would be very exciting, enjoyable to read. My goal with the newspaper is to get people to beg us to come out with a new issue because it is so good.

I am hoping we can set this up like so:

New Category: The Canadian News Organization
Forum: Canadian Press
--Description-The Canadian Newspaper with Weekly Issues. A Canadian News Organization with a staff of regional and inter-regional reporters.
Forum: News Central
-Subforum: Canadian News Organization Headquarters
--Passworded(This is were the reporters and Director of the newspaper gather news and write the weekly article.)
---Description: Passworded forum for CNO reporters and for news gathering.


That is all. I was wondering if we could figure out a good name for this newspaper if we decide to go through with the idea. I really am excited about the feedback from all of you!! :D



If you want to know more, just ask.

Good day Comrades,
General BenjaminA

I understand the logic, but am wondering if a new category would be the way to go. Perhaps, as mentioned below, it could be set up with permission masks (the name 'Press' springs to mind (in which case the Director could be set up as the Forum(s) Moderator)).

I'm wondering if this would be either better suited in the Out of Character Forums (as I'm sure everyone is already aware that there is a Forum for Real Life Canadian Politics and Events), or if it would be better suited to the 'in character' Forums -- maybe Your Government (the News Desk could easily be incorporated into this new idea and it would certainly clear up some space within Citizen's Voice and The House of Commons).

I think a new Category would be the way to go because it would make it better visually and people would be able to see it easily without hunting for it.

I dont think it should go into either, as I believe it would be better suited in its own Category. As to make it more visible so people dont have to constantly hunt for it.

If it is purposed to be bi-weekly, than logic would say that it will be an active topic and it will be at the forefront of the section it gets placed in. Therefore it wouldn't be buried and no one would have any issues finding it.

I'm with Carb on this one, it doesn't need it's own category.

Yes but this will need sub-forums and such.

It is a great idea and it has garnered great regional and cabinet support and enthusiasm in the past. I won't be able to keep up with all the intricacies of this discussion however I think that at this time it would be best not to rule out a web solution for the publishing of news, such as a Blog. It would make it easier to manage apart from the forum and would also be easier to follow and read (Greater differentiation from Article and comments than would exist in a regular forum thread). Perhaps a mixed solution would be best. In a sub-forum or category, all the preparation and organization could take place, and only finished articles would be published on the blog.

Some other issues that come to mind are matters of regional security and diplomatic concerns. In other words, how much should the director/editor of the Journal know? Should the director/editor be one of the ministers with direct access to inside information? Should one of the ministers be only a director while he appoints an editor in chief lacking direct inside information and keeping the agency depoliticized?

I think the possibilities could be endless if we could rally some effort for this cause. Preparing periodic interviews for ministers or other notable regional members. Editorials, opinions, OOC, RP, UN, Fantasy Sports, inter-regional news,RL stuff, etc. We could theoretically adapt the journal's or news agency's importance to be as big or as small as we would like it to be.

And lastly we gotta figure out a killer name for this whole thing.

Dude, your idea is absolutely awesome. A Blog would make it a lot easier. Me and you need to talk some more. If you have msn add me and we can talk tommorrow. As I have to go to bed atm.

Good day and good night,
Comrades.

Absolutely. Incorporating an idea such as this into an existing set of Forums would not be impossible, but be a lot more difficult than creating a new set of Forums which, once set up, can be configured as is best thought for purpose.

A Blog would certainly be another valid area of investigation -- and in some cases, certainly easier to maintain.

Whilst I agree with you here C6 that it could work either way, it would depend greatly on how the proposed new forum is configured, but it may be that the idea expressed about a 'mixed solution' (below) enable the greatest returns:

I'd been wondering about similar issues - perhaps it could be that items could be taken from the Cabinet or Ambassadors Report (which wuld prevent the disclosure of sensitive information) and that any other items are collected from Regional events such as Elections and Referenda, for example, or submissions from the role play aspect or even submissions of stories / articles of interest.

I concur.

The most important part ;).

I agree in all aspects and a name does need to be chosen, anyone got an ideas?

I have some if you want to here them.

We should all share them.

My suggestions:

Canadian News Agency for the Agency per se,
and for the blog, "Canada Weekly", or perhaps something allusive to the Canadian Shield.

This list should help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_newspaper_names

Canada's Weekly Voice.

The Weekly Voice.


I don't know why I like "Voice" so much... :rolleyes: :P

Beaver Tales

B) Yes, I'm quite aware that one could be taken te wrong way :D

I like it!! :clap: :clap:

I liked the Canadian Journal. It made the newspaper seem personnal I thought

I like both. I especially like the pun in Beaver Tales. But I also like the personal aspect of Canadian Journel like Where Are The CBs said. I dont mind with either.

The Beaver's Bugle. :o

Wow, just wow.

I think that's an amazing name! I've also had an idea where it could be located - The Arcade, or the Welcome to Canada parents. The Arcade would suit the premise but Welcome to Canada would suit the purpose. I think that Welcome to Canada may be a strong candidate though as it's right at the top of the board making it nicely accessible.

I've also had another thought to add to the cooking pot - the original set up was:

New Category: The Canadian News Organization

Forum: Canadian Press

---Description
The Canadian Newspaper with Weekly Issues. A Canadian News Organization with a staff of regional and inter-regional reporters.

Forum: News Central

--Passworded(This is were the reporters and Director of the newspaper gather news and write the weekly article.)

-Subforum: Canadian News Organization Headquarters

---Description
Passworded forum for CNO reporters and for news gathering.

Subforum

Letters to the Editor / Director

---Description
A place where anyone can submit stories for the next edition

I must apologise but the desciptions for News Central and the sub-forum within were together and not under their respective forums, so I hope I've put them in the right order. I needed to look at it from as it would appear on-screen.

The idea was about a public submission desk (in blue) where anyone could submit articles. It might be that nobody decides to, it happens once in a blue moon or that it is inundated with submissions. The director and members of the news team would only need to decide on where it would be within the newspaper, and maybe run through for spelling or grammatical errors. You could maybe even add presentation and formatting but. Just a thought.

I'd be willing to write a bit on regoinal sports, if you need someone.

I really like what everyone has contributed. Now, we have to figure out who we want to be in charge of it.

Um...wouldn't it make sense to have you be in charge since you are already impassioned about it?

Otherwise I would nominate 420 because he is a great writer and the resident editor for everyone already. And, KD....I would nominate her too, because she keeps a finger on the beat around here a lot.

(My opinions are mine alone. I have not spoken with any of the three people I mentioned above, so please don't assume it is okay with them.)

I won't have any part of this actually. But thanks for the nomination.

I was actually very interested in being the leader of this. I loved the idea. :D Thanks for the nomination!!