Telegraphik

First off an introduction is in order. My name is Gregg Williamson, I’m the New Editor of The Rocky Mountain Herald, yet another production of the Krugster. I hope he doesn’t mind me calling him that. I’m a journalism student at the University of Montana and am very new to the whole internet publishing industry. So bear with me as I feel this one out.

One thing that a lot of people here in Missoula and I am sure elsewhere have noticed is a severe lack of high quality content on the local level. I was alerted by an email to a few newspaper sites that did a good job of incorporating local content including Flickr,YouTube, and Blog Content. Sadly enough it doesn’t happen in this town.

Also a deep focus on the ultralocal is something newspapers around here do a poor job of. Bloggers are slowly picking up the slack. So a partnership is ideal newspapers utilizing blogger’s content in exchange for revenue and exposure. In an ideal world it’s a match made in heaven.

From time to time I will jump on here and share some tidbits of wisdom that I learn from embarking on this experiment of crafting an online newspaper on the local level. One thing I’ve learned already is how easy it is for just about anyone to publish a website. I think a lot of people have false assumptions about web publishing. Hopefully I can help share some layman tips to help debunk the intimidation that is falsely heaped upon us by those without knowledge.