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Wired.com isn't as fresh-faced as the Mashables and The Next Webs of the present day, but it's no less influential. Join us as veteran editor-in-chief Evan Hansen walks us through his latest edit structure and where he wants to take his franchise. Be prepared for some surprises.

.Read on for insights about:

• workflow among editors and artists
• which story types get access to the artists and which don't
• trends in page design and SEO
• impact of tablets
• tools and forms that presage "graphics self-service" for reporters and editors

The latest SWMSTweet feeds, on Priya Ganapati, editorial art departments, social media RFPs and more...

Veteran tech reporter Priya Ganapati this week left Wired.com to help build mobile apps at the Wall Street Journal.

Planning a launch? The client expects big things. Probably too big. With a bit of imagination, you can deliver good results even when the usual suspects take a pass, but what constitutes success in today's media environment?

In our latest update from @SWMSTweet and SWMS Online on Facebook:

Fortune, Forbes, Time, Technologizer, WaPo, Techweb, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Demand Media, Business Insider, tablets, paywalls, crowdsourcing and more.

From our subscriber-only feeds:

* In a blog post last week, Jeremiah Owyang put his finger on another illness plaguing tech journalism today. See if you agree.

* Wired.com senior editor Dylan Tweney saw our recent piece on virtual trade shows and contributed his two cents. It was an unexpected comment coming from a Wired guy.

* Did you ever cut and paste text from a web site that knew you did, and admonished you for doing so? No? Then you've never been to AOL's DailyFinance.com.

The techiest journalists delivered the best iPad coverage today. Hands down.