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Relate to the reader by making sure you are framing your subject matter the right way.

Relate to the reader by making sure you are framing your subject matter the right way.

Defining your article by newsworthiness and content

From Rapidian staff*: When submitting stories for the Rapidian, they must be categorized into one of three groups--News, Local Life and Opinion. The differences between these three groups may seem minimal but there are actually defining traits to each one. Backing a story up with outside sources and direct quotes or paraphrased material can help form a news or local life story. Eliminating personal pronouns and framing someone else's viewpoint instead of your own can move an opinion piece into the local life realm.

mattsimoto

I am Content Facilitator for the Rapidian. I like to ride bikes, make cookies and feed the homeless peanut butter sandwiches. I really like Grand Rapids.

All ages and styles..and cowbells!

Photo Credit: KissCross - www.jhkunnenphoto.com

All ages and styles..and cowbells!

Brief instruction pre-race

Photo Credit: KissCross - www.jhkunnenphoto.com

Brief instruction pre-race

Cyclocross makes good use of small spaces

Photo Credit: KissCross - www.jhkunnenphoto.com

Cyclocross makes good use of small spaces

KissCross - A taste of Belgium in Grand Rapids

The parking lot and streets surrounding Highland Park in northeast Grand Rapids are bumper to bumper on an overcast autumn morning on the third of October.  Half a dozen tents are set up nearby to cover the grills full of burgers and brats for tailgating, and cowbell wielding fans are wildly cheering as their favorite helmeted and brightly colored athletes rush past.  While the scene described could be a local football game it isn't. Instead it's a cyclocross race, a discipline of cycling that is growing in popularity across the U.S. and especially in West Michigan.  

nathanv

From twitter: Dad,guy,runner,swimmer,cyclist,social media neophyte,geek,goofball.

Reports on: cycling, social media, local events, various and sundry things

Photo Credit: Photo from Young Kim's ArtPrize Profile

Dust in the Wind: A Retrospective Look at Salt and Earth

Young Kim’s entry in ArtPrize 2009, Salt and Earth, has been swept away, but for many the message and memory of his work will remain. Created solely for the contest, the site-specific piece consisted of fifty squares measuring three feet by three feet made of granular salt with photographs screened onto the salt in clay (earth). Over each square hung a single light bulb that pulsated ever so slightly throughout the day.

wisperingdove

Kendall Graduate with a BS in Art History.

Photo Credit: jack o'diamonds on Flickr; used under Creative Commons license

B.B. King: The Thrill Ain't Close To Gone

B.B. King thrills Grand Rapids at DeVos Performance Hall