The Rapidian
Rapidian infuses Facebook commenting on articles
by Chelsea LaForge (Chelsea)
Submitted 01-30-2012 under OPINION
For many of us, social sites like Facebook are where we have conversations and interactions with people about anything and everything happening around us. Even here at The Rapidian, we use social media regularly to share our stories. In doing this,...
Catalyst Radio: Meet citizen journalism reporter Rob Cole
by WYCE Radio 88.1 FM (WYCE)
Submitted 01-27-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW This episode of Catalyst Radio features one of the citizen journalism reporters publishing on our news site, The Rapidian. With more than a dozen...
Introducing our newest interns
by Chelsea LaForge (Chelsea)
Submitted 01-25-2012 under OPINION
We searched high and low, long and hard, and we found four incredible people that will join our team to keep The Rapidian working towards excellence. While these interns just started, and you may never have the pleasure of meeting them, we thought...
Catalyst Radio: Internet legislation protested with web blackouts
by WYCE Radio 88.1 FM (WYCE)
Submitted 01-20-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEWIn this episode of Catalyst Radio we discuss two congressional bills with potential effects of limiting an open and free internet, which are facing...
Creating content on The Rapidian: Pitching a story
by Holly Bechiri (Holly)
Submitted 01-09-2012 under OPINION
Sometimes you don't have time to write a story yourself. Sometimes the story is about you. So what do you do when writing an article yourself just isn't going to work? Pitch it to our reporters in our Storybank. Using this simple form, as...
Catalyst Radio: Community Conversation on The Rapidian
by WYCE Radio 88.1 FM (WYCE)
Submitted 12-30-2011 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Hear what Grand Rapids' citizen journalists and local readers are discussing. The Rapidian's Managing Editor Holly Bechiri and Community...
Looking ahead: news bureaus on The Rapidian
by Chelsea LaForge (Chelsea)
Submitted 12-30-2011 under OPINION
As we ring in the New Year here at The Rapidian, we’re taking time to look back, but we're also busy planning for 2012. We just shared our staff’s favorite articles of 2011, and look forward to the articles that are coming in 2012....
The Rapidian adds photo of the day archive and expands media map
by George Wietor (George)
Submitted 11-09-2011 under OPINION
It’s been a little while since we rolled out the newest incarnation of The Rapidian, but we are still working on things behind the scenes. Here is a brief overview of a few of the new features our wonderful Drupal developer, Ron Woldyk, has...
See you again
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 10-25-2011 under OPINION
Dusk was setting in, and as I lifted my arms over my head in yoga class, I thought about all the ways to say goodbye. I didn't have a clear idea of how, so mostly, I nestled into the sound of it. To say that I worked with The Rapidian for...
Why we do what we do: categorization on The Rapidian
by George Wietor (George)
Submitted 10-06-2011 under OPINION
It’s been over two weeks since The Rapidian relaunched, high time we start talking about what we did and why we did it. This is the first part in a brief series of recaps detailing recent technical changes on The Rapidian, both behind the...- 1 of 4
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