Another year has started here at The Auburn Plainsman.
That means new staff, hectic first week and adapting to the changes of what the paper has in store for us and you.
The staff has a mix of newbies and the old souls returning for one last run.
The blend will work in your favor as readers with the novel ideas anchored by a sober mission.
You will see fresh features this coming year, but we will stay true to our brand.
With all this talk about newspapers dying and print being the thing of the past, it seems to be the base of every news source's conversation.
But, I vow to you as a reader that won't cross your mind when you think of The Auburn Plainsman.
We are embracing the changes.
Hell, I would even say we are making the changes.
We are a full service information center.
Not just a newspaper.
Check out the Web site to find daily updates, videos, slideshows, calendars, classifieds, blogs, forums, digital issues of the newspaper and user-generated content.
I could keep going on, but it is something that needs to be checked out for yourself.
You can read our tweets via Twitter @auburnplainsman.
Find us on YouTube when you are featured in one of the online videos.
If you have had the pleasure of meeting the multimedia team, then I rejoice with you.
Check out Flickr to find all our photographs posted for your viewing.
We have even reached Facebook both with a fanpage and group.
You can join these pages to find out about community involvement we will be participating in and random updates from our office and paper.
Obviously, there will be headline updates as well.
On the newly designed Web site, we are accepting user-generated content.
We want your photographs, thoughts and articles on our Web site.
You can also register on the Web site to receive e-mails with the updated content from our Web site from your selected topics.
We are contributing our time to reach out to the Internet generation and get the news to you faster.
Our priority as journalists at this paper is to get the most accurate news to you better than anyone else.
We pride ourselves on our timeliness and now have the means to issue that information to our audience more promptly.
We are working to reach you with every way we know how.
That being said, we need your feedback, not only on our performance but also on our accessibility.
E-mail, tweet, facebook, call or just stop by and see me.
Let me know how we are doing to reach you as your campus newspaper throughout this semester.
Let me know how we are doing with our coverage of events, issues, topics and news that you care and want to read about.
We want to know what you think.
When you are bored, check out the Jane and Joe Random video.
You can also read Jane Random this week in the paper to compare the two.
Soon, you will be able to hear to audio clips as well.
The point: we are embracing the changes for you.
Enjoy what we have done and keep checking back to see what more we will be doing over the next year.
Welcome back Plainsman readers.
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