Tag Archives: peers

Narrow-minded designs

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Steve McConnell

A review of our peers shows that we’re playing on a very constrained canvas — the UC Berkeley NewsCenter is 770 pixels wide, while the average of our peers is roughly 950 px, with some sites ranging as wide as … Continue reading →

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Common features from our peers

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Steve McConnell

A few content themes stand out in reviewing other universities’ news websites: A hierarchy of content, allowing the editors to call extra attention to selected stories Strong photos are important to get the content noticed In The News-style features are … Continue reading →

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Research begins

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Steve McConnell

We start with dozens (30, to be precise) of news sites from around higher education. Some are our “peer universities,” those top-ranked private and elite public universities to whom Berkeley is often compared in a variety of ways. Then there … Continue reading →

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