Ryan Boyle

The Suffolk Journal website has had a long and interesting history. The domain registration dates back to September 5, 2000.  I’m not sure how long other college newspapers have had active websites, but we’ve been up and running for 11 years. The history of the site has been passed down through word-of-mouth from editor to editor. From what we know, it started out in HTML – as indicated by Archive.org snaps shots starting on March 31, 2001. From there it progressed to to the CollegePublisher platform, and in November 2009 the site was migrated to WordPress. Since being on WordPress the site has undergone two theme overhauls to it’s current state.  As for the future of the Journal, the need for more photos and videos is evident. People are now less inclined to read text but rather “read” through photo and video mediums. I hope to tackle this challenge in the near future, though I am proud to have contributed to a piece of living history.