The Barnraiser is a 1-page daily "newspaper" we're publishing during the [PL Barnraising](/barnraising) as part of the Documentation Committee (DocCom).
We see it as a lighthearted (but hard-hitting journalistic) way to summarize and share in a succinct, low-burden, but regular way, what's going on at our busiest and most productive event of the year!
## 2017 Barnraising
We're starting by taking notes on the layout board in the Auditorium, and on this notepad:
> https://pad.publiclab.org/p/barnraising
You can also post pictures, notes, comments, or anything here:
> https://publiclab.org/questions/warren/11-03-2017/what-s-happening-at-the-2017-barnraising
### Editorial & Layout Meeting
We'll be meeting just after dinner to collect up articles, and start layout for our first issue. Find Jeff!
Please feel free to upload images to this post:
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## Questions
[questions:barnraiser]
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### Appalachia Barnraiser
[barnraiser-2017-wv.pdf](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/020/881/original/barnraiser-2017-wv.pdf)
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### Reporters
Email jeff@publiclab.org and/or plots-barnraising@googlegroups.com to join the Barnraiser's "staff"! Despite limited page space, we're happy for any help we can get!
We're specifically looking for:
* reporters to cover Barnraising events, sessions, and culture
* photographers to get great front-page images
* editors to help polish/trim/layout the final paper
* publishers to get up early to print & distribute
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### Publishing
We'll use the [talk page of this wiki page](http://pad.publiclab.org/p/barnraiser) as a (chaotic) staging area to collect material and links over the course of each day. Please dump content there with your name -- and/or just take paper notes and come to the editorial meeting at the end of the day!
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## Past issues
## 2016
2 issues: [The_Barnraiser_2016_v2i1.pdf](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/020/861/original/The_Barnraiser_2016_v2i1.pdf)
[Working images from 2015 can be found here](/wiki/the-barnraiser-2015)
### Issue 1: Friday Nov 19
PDF:
barnraiser-2015-11-19.pdf
Layout: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1ObdubmruHzxB5ia_rCL5MRxqzcaHMtUhjIaknmZVSJg/edit
### Issue 2: Saturday Nov 20
PDF:
The_Barnraiser_--_Saturday__Nov_20.pdf
Layout: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XNzhhqvtMSvTMDHD65aa8GY4XMW38MHgo1-aCOyPv7Y/edit?usp=sharing
### Issue 3: Sunday Nov 21
PDF:
The_Barnraiser_--_Sunday__Nov_21.pdf
Layout: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1UxUxw4TVdlC4IWocILWnayenC3rUHr9ji0O69OfFKnA/edit
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### Resources
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## Layout
We do a paper-based layout, as shown above, on a poster!
The very serious journalists of the Barnraiser in West Virginia. @zengirl2
2015 Logos, graphics: barnraiser.svg and barnraiser.png