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Creating content on The Rapidian: Photo essays
by (Holly)
Submitted 03-05-2012 under OPINION
If you have documented an event in photos, created a series of images that tells a story or just want to capture a part of Grand Rapids, a photo essay may be the best (and easiest!) way to share your photos. Our photo essays start with uploading a...
Happy Holidays from The Rapidian
by (Holly)
Submitted 12-23-2011 under OPINION
I admit it: I am a softie for the holiday season. Some years, it takes me longer to get into the spirit, as it did this year. But Sunday night, driving through town and peeking at all the magical twinkles of Christmas trees in homes in our Grand...
The Rapidian gets very local, weekly
by (Holly)
Submitted 12-19-2011 under OPINION
Since the beginning of The Rapidian's life over two years ago, we've been sending out a weekly digest that provided you with a complete list of the last week's stories. However, we realize this could be pretty hard to weed through. With...
Interaction with The Rapidian helps generate coverage ideas
by (mattsimoto)
Submitted 08-18-2010 under OPINION
From The Rapidian staff*: A major element of The Rapidian, if not the most important, is community involvement. Without interaction between readers and reporters, the Rapidian wouldn't be able to offer much, which is why we try to encourage...
Four or five new features we may just develop next
by (George)
Submitted 08-10-2010 under OPINION
Features, features, features. It’s nearly all we can think about in The Rapidian’s IT HQ. While we may have unveiled our newest, most solid suite of updates a mere two weeks ago, we are quick to look at what’s coming next. After some deep...
Location, Location, Location: Why We Map Stories
by (George)
Submitted 06-18-2010 under OPINION
From The Rapidian staff*: From the beginning, story mapping has been a key component of The Rapidian. With that in mind we built the site so that it would be easy for reporters to enter geographical information into their stories and events...
You, with your ear to the ground!
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 04-27-2010 under OPINION
From The Rapidian staff: During our press pit last week about breaking news, Grand Rapids Press' Web Producer Kate Nagengast made some very good points. It was the day after a cancelled Grand Rapids Public Schools board meeting. Emotions were...
Keeping The Rapidian Flickr pool effective
by (mattsimoto)
Submitted 04-21-2010 under OPINION
From Rapidian staff*: As you’ve no doubt noticed while perusing therapidian.org, our front page features a photo of the day. This feature is pulled from The Rapidian Flickr pool, http://www.flickr.com/groups/therapidian. We also take photos...
Multimedia production: Freeware, royalty-free and Creative Commons media tools
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 03-09-2010 under OPINION
From Rapidian staff: You've just written a story about some virus originating from Grand Rapids affecting giraffes in Africa. You need a picture to go with your piece but don't exactly have an image of a giraffe on hand. A quick search on Google...