Image ![Penn State University logo](/sites/default/files/styles/case_study_stat_logo/public/media/image/2022-10/Penn-State-University-Logo.png?itok=MCZ_XH_a) # Penn State News Drupal, Acquia Cloud Platform [Visit Penn State News Website](https://www.psu.edu/news/)Image ![Engage Awards 2022 Builders Finalist Banner](/sites/default/files/styles/case_study_stat_hero_desktop/public/media/image/2022-09/Engage%202022%20Builders_Finalist.jpg?h=3da20c87&itok=WEbH3waa) Supporting Partner Image ![Mediacurrent Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/image/2021-11/Mediacurrent%20Logo.png?itok=DxIlZ2uX) Use Case Omnichannel , Drupal Industry Education Region North America Products - [Drupal ](/drupal) - [Acquia Cloud Platform ](/products/acquia-cloud-platform) ## The Client [Penn State News](https://www.psu.edu/news/) is the official news source for Penn State University. ## The Situation Penn State News, a digital platform that drives 7 million annual page views, was powered by a highly customized, complicated back end. With 250 content editors and a syndication network that includes more than 20 statewide Penn State campuses, the platform needed to be optimized for speed and real-time collaboration. Penn State News wanted to build a best-in-class content authoring experience that was secure, reliable, and scalable. ## The Challenge Penn State News has a massive amount of content, storing more than 60,000 stories and 100,000 images. Additionally, the organization multi-purposes its content into daily large-scale email digests. Iterating and optimizing all this content on the platform was difficult. Penn State News needed a more flexible solution that empowered it to create and maintain pages for specific departments, organizations, and institutions. Creating a compelling, mobile-first experience for readers across the Penn State community was a big undertaking. ## The Solution Penn State News partnered with open-source product agency [Mediacurrent](https://www.mediacurrent.com/) to reimagine its publishing technology stack. Mediacurrent successfully migrated Penn State News from a monolithic back end to a decoupled Drupal site, using the JavaScript framework Gatsby. Working closely with the Penn State team, Mediacurrent created a living design system that empowered users and provided a repeatable standard for how Penn State can both enhance and protect its brand. ## The Results The decoupled and open source Drupal architecture provides the News team with the tools to create a compelling digital storytelling experience. The new platform blends the publishing power of Drupal with a future-flexible front-end framework, Gatsby and React. 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