SCAN (newspaper): Difference between revisions

| headquarters = [[Lancaster University]], Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YT

| publishing_country = United Kingdom

| website = {{url|scan.lusu.co.uk}}

| readership = 7,340 (fortnightly){{efn|This is the number of print and online readers combined. The online part is the number of unique visitors tracked on the website; the print figure is calculated from the number of papers not returned each fortnight, multiplied by the average number of readers per paper as estimated by the Circulation Verification Council 2014 readership study.}}

The newspaper's website, ''SCAN Online'', was launched in 2001. It hosts articles from print editions and web-only content. Almost 100% of ''SCAN''’s budget is spent on print, and the site is considered a cheaper, simpler, and faster way of [[breaking news]]. Editor Rachel Harvey predicted in 2012 that ''SCAN'' would have to revert to monthly printing or move entirely onto the website. Since then publication frequency has not changed, but the number of pages per edition has declined.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2013/06/02/quin-for-the-win/ |work= SCAN |title= Quin for the Win |accessdate=22 June 2016}}</ref> The site is regularly redesigned and has gained photo, video, and live blogging capabilities. ''SPINE'' was introduced as a new online section in October 2013 by editor Rachel May Quin, in an effort to improve online content and reflect the industry’s shift toward digital media consumption, hosting [[GIF]]- and [[Internet meme|meme]]-based [[Listicle|listicles]] with plans to produce [[Viral phenomenon|viral content]]. This has since been dropped but was revived by an independent group of students in 2019-20. The ''SCAN Online'' site crashed several times in 2014-5, meaning further sections and features could not be introduced until ''SCAN Online'' was completely renovated.

 

 

==Notable contributors==

|SPA Best News Story

|Oliva Kenny

|Shortlisted

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