FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, 304-696-7153
 

New Parthenon Web site debuts Monday, Sept. 21

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A software upgrade for the Web site of The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, will go live Monday, Sept. 21. 

“This upgrade will give the site video capability on the Web,” said Dr. Corley Dennison, dean of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications. “Our students will be able to participate fully in the new media, which often combine the written word, video, audio and graphics.”

Parthenon Executive Editor Kyle Hobstetter, a senior from Portsmouth, Ohio, said the Web site basically has been overhauled.

“The new-looking site will give the Marshall University community, including current and prospective students, along with alumni, a new way to receive their Marshall news,” Hobstetter said. “We’ll mix the best of all student media, whether it’s video, text, pictures or audio, to create a brand new experience for anyone using The Parthenon Web site.”

The site will include “a goody bag of information,” Hobstetter said, including links to sports, news and videos.

“It’ll be much easier to navigate,” he said. “Overall, the design is more professional. Students will have a chance to share their voice in video blogs and we’ll have breaking news videos.”

Hobstetter said The Parthenon, for the first time ever, now has a Web site editor. He is Solomon Fizer, a junior broadcast major.

The Parthenon publishes five days a week, Monday through Friday. Visit the newspaper’s Web site at www.marshallparthenon.com.

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