F.O.F. to Produce It's First Newspaper!

[Maurice Ali]

Posted: 04 Feb 2004

obviously a news section and editorial you could even have an events section , when you first started the website you had a calender were people could advertise when and where any protests or demonstations where happening perhaps you could have something like that in the paper

Ok, some ideas:

1. An introduction into what the newspaper is about and how it came to be.

2. Introduction into Fortress Of Freedom.

3. Introduction into IAIJ.

4. The state of freedom around the world.

5. Advertising (free).

6. Social events calender.



Anyone have any other ideas?

[Sue]

Posted: 04 Feb 2004


Do you have a time frame for producing the 1st issue ?

[Maurice Ali]

Posted: 04 Feb 2004


I guess I am looking at two months to press time. That should give me enough time to present my "blueprint" for the two corporations and have a talk with all the stakeholders at the present time. We also need time for submissions and any possible additions to our journalistic staff. So two months should be it at the earliest.

[Sue]

Posted: 04 Feb 2004


Are you willing to commit to any decisions right now ?

[Maurice Ali]

Posted: 04 Feb 2004


Not yet, and I will leave this discussion open for a few days for input; but we will not dilly dally about the paper. I am really motivated to get that first run on the streets.....really motivated. I always was interested in who ran these "underground newspapers" and here I am. We should circulate it at the local universities and such.....I would be interested in the response.

[Sue]

Posted: 04 Feb 2004


you are going to circulate to local universities which makes this venture sound very Torontocentric and local

[Maurice Ali]

Posted: 04 Feb 2004

you are going to circulate to local universities which makes this venture sound very Torontocentric and local

By using the term - local universities - I am talking about local universities around the world where we can access the campuses by our membership. This means you just volunteered to distribute your fair share in London..... Hopefully we can get interest into many other markets.

[Guest]

Posted: 05 Feb 2004


Dizzy

I thought the name Fortress would be good but then on second thoughts it
would sound like a right -wing newspaper or more probably like Supermans newspaper

Ok.....my two votes go to :

1. Fortress Of Freedom.

2. The Fortress.


On major reflection, if thought that "The Fortress" was the best of the two. Remember, The Fortress was to have been the internet project (i.e. P2P) but Ian Clarke and his team seem to have that covered. Now that the "peer-to-peer" internet communication may quickly become illegal.....regular mass media may be our only avenue for free speech; therefore the "The Fortress" should become the newspaper.....

Call it what you want as long as it isn't fortress of freedom.


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[Maurice Ali]

Posted: 06 Feb 2004


Now that everyone has had a chance to see the discussion and comment.....the decision has been made and the paper will be called: The Fortress. It will probably be a banner at the top of the page with a wide black stripe below and above the name like this:



**************
THE FORTRESS
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[Maurice Ali]

Posted: 07 Feb 2004


This discussion is being moved to a new forum dealing exclusively with the newspaper project:



The Fortress - Newspaper Forum