Future plans include more administrative support for updating other kinds of content, more animation, and live chat events. It's many readers are treated to a great variety of local news stories by some of the best journalists in the area. It also includes regional, national, and world news from a variety of sources. Unlike most online newspapers which repurpose content from their print publication, the publishers of Ithaca Today features original content produced for the web. They use a quarterly print edition to market the online paper throughout the region.
Ad revenue helps to insure that the paper stays in the black.
Ithaca Today uses a sophisticated web-based adminstrative interface to collect, edit, and publish content. The interface also allows them to serve, track, and generate reports on ads, and update reader referenda, all without leaving the site. It is in the process of being rolled out at present. Colonize wanted a distinctive and structured look for their corporate and consumer sites. We used complex formatting and unusual color combinations to create an original look for the site.