About
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Welcome to Web.aan.org. This is the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies‘ first-ever blog, which is purty neat. This site is designed to be a positive, constructive place for conversations. Our goal is to enable folks to create better websites, better journalism, and better communities. And helping to pay for it all - well, that wouldn’t hurt.
So what’s our beat?
- Web Publishing Tips: Maximizing alt-journalism and local databases
- Tech Tools You Can Use: New web apps and programs to help create better journalism
- Best Practices: Tips for maximizing your website, blogs, and other online presences
- Innovation Watch: News about sites and technologies to keep an eye on
- 5 Quick Fixes: Ways to improve your current website
- What Works: Interviews and profiles from folks who’ve seen results
- Wish You Were There: Coverage of web-oriented conferences and seminars, like SXSWi and AAN conventions
- AAN Actions: Highlights of great features from AAN member websites
We strive to lead by example, so we’ll try our hardest to practice what we preach. Here’s our Style Guide for best practices in web writing. And - heck, this might be a blog, but we adhere to the highest standards of journalistic integrity in our writing. Even if we make a few jokes. Here’s our Editorial Policy. And here’s some info About our Authors.
This blog is for you - so if you have ideas on what you’d like to see covered, please do let us know!
Sincerely,
LauraFries.com
Web Director and Editor
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
March 7, 2007
