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I was recently contacted by Mark Newton, who is the yearbook and newspaper adviser at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, CO. He asked me to compile a manual that can be used by high school journalism departments that to build online news site similar to GJMole.

As you know, I am currently working on my Master’s online from the University of Memphis. I ran the idea past my adviser and he recommended that I take on the project as the capstone to my Master’s. I have selected a committee and now the work begins.

This is a significant project, not only for me, but for GJMole and its contributors. As we finish the year, let’s push hard to experiment with new ways of covering the news. Let’s look for unique stories and try to cover them in the best possible way. At the end of the semester, our goal is to have learning experiences that will be compiled into a manual that future educators can use for building their own experimental news sites.

Listing the pros and cons of working on GJMole will be a significant portion of your final project papers. Let’s get to work and create something that will benefit high school and college journalism programs around the country. This project could easily become a boilerplate for hundreds of programs aroudn the country. Let’s take it seriously and move forward with the ambition necessary to make it a successful learning experience.

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• MicroMemphis – University of Memphis’ hyperlocal project (talkingdigital.org)
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