Article Submissions

Appropriate topics. The primary purpose of iNews is to offer IT (information technology) news of interest to the UC Berkeley campus community. Articles are submitted by members of the campus IT community.

Articles in iNews include discussions of IT policy/planning matters, campus IT projects, and product or service announcements. iNews is not intended for tutorial or highly technical material. Exceptions might be made for material of extremely wide interest (e.g., aimed at all 40,000 CalMail users).

Highly detailed or technical material should be presented elsewhere, perhaps on a departmental website. The iNews article can then give a general overview and point to the primary source for details.

"Vaporware" references. Articles may refer to future events (service changes, product releases) or to websites that are not yet in place, however, that information must be correct as of the web publication date.

Length of articles. The preferred length of articles is 800 words or shorter.

How to submit. Articles are to be prereviewed within workgroups before submission. Send prereviewed articles by email to We accept many common formats including HTML, plain text, and common word-processor formats (such as MS Word). However, HTML and plain text are preferred.

Pictures and graphics are encouraged. We accept formats such as Illustrator and Photoshop, as well as other formats that can be imported by these programs, such as EPS and Macintosh PICT.

Materials can be sent as email attachments.

Do not resubmit! Once you have submitted an article, please do not resubmit revised versions. If you cannot meet the original article deadline, please discuss the situation with us. In most cases, it will be better if you arrange for an extension of a few days and then submit a more finished version of the article. If you need to make revisions online, we can email you our working copy of the article or tell you where you can download it using a web browser.