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Communicating with police to get the details

Submitted 07-20-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: You probably wouldn’t imagine being a contributor to the Rapidian would put you on the police department’s radar but sometimes that’s exactly where you want to be. Reporters often find situations where the information...

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Online tools: Resources to create cool multimedia for The Rapidian

Submitted 07-06-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: It's astonishing how easy it is to create interactive media with free tools right at your fingertips (literally)—that is, if you know where to look. We covered a couple tools in a previous editorial, but here are a few more...

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Using neighborhood news bureaus to strengthen links

Submitted 06-29-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff*: Currently, The Rapidian is primarily an online news platform, facilitating and distributing text, video and audio reports generated by people in our community. But as designed, it is also intended to have a real,...

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[REVIEW] Charles the Osprey LP release at Founders this Saturday

Submitted 06-25-2010 under OPINION

Charles the Osprey is having a release party Saturday night at Founders to celeberate its first LP. I got hold of the album for review. Listen to Lovecraft! Smile! in the audio player up top.  Listening to Charles the Osprey’s...

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South East Area Farmer's Market gets a new home

Submitted 06-22-2010 under OPINION

Summer is here and that means many of us in the City of Grand Rapids are enjoying one of our favorite pastimes; visiting our local farmer's market. The local farmer's market can be an invaluable asset to the community. It is no secret that urban...

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Making the most of weekly story pitches

Submitted 06-22-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff*: One of the ways we at The Rapidian try to help our citizen reporters is by providing them with story ideas. The storybank is a great resource for those searching for something to write about, but there is also a...

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Location, Location, Location: Why We Map Stories

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...

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - UICA Films review

Submitted 06-18-2010 under OPINION

Frequently cited as “the most popular European film of 2009”, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is based on Stieg Larsson's international best-selling novel. The story begins with the multitude of legal problems facing Mikael Blomkvist, a well-...

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Good Art is the Best Art: An assessment of issues brought up during the Rapid Growth panel

Submitted 06-18-2010 under OPINION

On Wednesday, Rapid Growth Media hosted the fifth panel discussion in its monthly series of conversations about issues facing Grand Rapids. Titled "Good Business is the Best Art," the panelists discussed issues surrounding assigning value to art and...

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Local Arab Americans show support of Palestine

Submitted 06-09-2010 under OPINION

The Arab American Association of West Michigan held a protest on Monday June 7th in downtown Grand Rapids at the Federal Building to bring attention to the issues of the Israeli blockade against the Palestinian people. Recent events included the...

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