[UPDATED] Mayor Heartwell answers questions from the public on City Connection
Submitted 08-29-2011 under NEWS
At 5 p.m. Monday night, Mayor Heartwell's live interactive public access show City Connection was simulcast right here on The Rapidian. Co-hosted by GRTV's own Sr. Barbara Hansen, City Connection is an opportunity for Grand Rapidians to talk with...
Catalyst Radio: Garfield Park hosts the 38th Arts and Crafts Fair
Submitted 08-26-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the MP3 and listen at your leisure. Kathy Woudstra, a Garfield Park resident with a remarkable story of how she became executive director of the Neighborhoods Association, shares about this...
Catalyst Radio: GR GiveCamp taking apps from nonprofits in need of custom web tools
Submitted 08-19-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW (9:58) Ross Hunter, tech volunteer and web developer, is in the studio to talk about GR GiveCamp, a volunteer event by the tech community to put...
Where do you live?
Submitted 08-09-2011 under OPINION
A couple weeks ago I previewed one of The Rapidian’s newest features - the neighborhood drill down. That article showed one of the ways that The Rapidian is collecting geographical information about each of the stories on the site and...
Anonymity in media - the conversation continues
Submitted 08-03-2011 under OPINION
Last week I had the opportunity to attend and speak at a conference on community media. An entire track was devoted to the care and feeding of young community journalism projects. As is nearly always the case, anonymous posting became a topic of...
Pseudonymous
Submitted 08-03-2011 under OPINION
Dear Anonymous REVUE Magazine Writer: I've long enjoyed the magazine you write for (REVUE). Same goes for your publisher, whom I know just well enough to like quite a bit. But let's talk about you and your fake name, and your critical op-ed...
LINC invites community members to set their news agenda on The Rapidian
Submitted 07-25-2011 under NONPROFITS
Although LINC just moved to its new building in Madison Square (1167 Madison SE), its spacious community training room has been put to task, hosting dozens of trainings in the last two months. On a sunny Monday evening, LINC staffers Kari Galbreath...
Catalyst Radio: Chelsea Laforge, citizen first and reporter second
Submitted 07-22-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the episode and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Rapidian reporter Chelsea Laforge wants to help Grand Rapidians experience things in our city, and she identifies first as a citizen and then as a...
Lovin' the hubbub over senior lipdub
Submitted 07-17-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
The attention just keeps on coming for the seniors at Clark Retirement Community. Less than one week after launch of the first all-senior lipdub video, view totals on Vimeo and YouTube have gone over 300,000. As their video goes viral,...
Catalyst Radio: The Network celebrates its second annual Network Neighborhood Bash tomorrow
Submitted 07-15-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the episode and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW (9:32) The Network, an LGBTQ resource in Grand Rapids, is having its second annual street fair/fundraiser tomorrow, complete with food, musical...