“TheHilltopOnline.com
will provide a more interactive
news experience,”
Mann said. “Through
photo slideshows, videos,
polls, podcasts, social
networking and breaking
news, we will provide
The Hilltop audience with
a news experience that
is more compelling and
engaging.
The
rebrand of the site will
make the publication more
reader-friendly and easier
to navigate, Mann said.
New organization and search
tools will allow readers
to find the information
that is relevant to them.
The mobile website, also
TheHilltopOnline.com,
will allow readers to
access the news when they
want, where they want
through cell phones.
The
Hilltop will reduce its
weekly print schedule
in order to increase its
efforts online, Mann said.
The paper will print on
Mondays and Thursdays.
Special Issues will be
published once a month
on Wednesdays.
The
Hilltop was founded Jan.
22, 1924, by student Zora
Neale Hurston, a Harlem
Renaissance novelist and
anthropologist considered
one of the pre-eminent
writers of 20th Century
African-American literature,
and student Eugene King.
The publication was originally
as a small monthly publication
for the discussion of
registration follies and
campus events.
Today,
the publication, “The
Student Voice of Howard
University,” is
distributed at nearly
40 locations throughout
the Howard University
campus with over 7,000
readers. |
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