Content migration!

Greetings friends. So it’s finally happening … We’re starting the content migration process. In non-website speak, this means we are putting the content from our current website onto our new one. Yippee! We’re not transferring every single piece of content (as we have content that goes back to 1997!) but we’re going to make sure [...]

A glimpse at the new IJNet

Here’s a small taste of what’s to come: OPPORTUNITIES As aforementioned, we’re doing away with “training opportunities,” and sticking with “opportunities.” (We decided “training opportunities” is limiting and doesn’t really capture the breadth of the opportunities we advertise on IJNet.) You will be able to personalize your experience to view the opportunities most relevant to [...]

Opportunities + new logo

So it’s official: we’re doing away with “training opportunities,” and sticking with “opportunities.” Everyone — including you (thanks for your input!) — agreed “training opportunities” is limiting and doesn’t really capture the breadth of the opportunities we advertise on IJNet. They’re certainly not just training. Some other changes re. opportunities … We also recently agreed [...]

Exciting new developments…

Hello blogosphere. It’s been a busy few weeks and there is some exciting news to report. I had a conversation with our fabulous developers this morning, who informed us that they are hard at work on a “functionality prototype” for IJNet.org, meaning they are creating the inside workings of our new site! With their help, [...]

The buzzword: “user-generated content”

So we’ve been thinking a lot about two-way communication and user-generated content over here, which we hope to incorporate more into our new site. We know our community of readers is more than just readers … they are journalists and storytellers and information gold mines! They (you!) are on the front-lines in every region of [...]

Exploring topical pages

Greetings, all! I am so sorry I have not written in a while. We had a minor slow down in our development process, but don’t fret — we’re back in business. Our Web developers are working away on our new Web site and are making great progress. We recently approved homepage comps and are moving [...]

Charting the future of our network

Since 1998, when IJNet was first launched, the network part of our name has been somewhat elusive. Certainly, many visitors to IJNet comment on our discussion questions — sharing information and insight on important journalism topics. Many of you have created profiles. And a good number of you even use our IJNet Answers feature, to [...]

The terminology of “Training Opportunities”

I want to raise a question that we’ve long discussed and debated here at IJNet. I encourage your opinion via commenting on this post! As many of you know, IJNet’s main mission is to provide news of upcoming opportunities for journalists — whether they be conferences, contests, awards, scholarships, fellowships, seminars, trainings, university programs, etc. [...]

Closing 2009: Our progress

As we prepare to close 2009 (amidst freezing temperatures in D.C.), we are all really excited about the progress of the development of the new IJNet Web site. Our developers, the Aten Design Group, gave us a wonderful early Christmas present with the unveiling of a first comp of a new design for IJNet that [...]

Welcome to IJNet 2010

This is a blog dedicated to the redesign of the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) Web site. Since its launch in 1998, IJNet has grown from a bi-weekly print newsletter to a multi-language Web site visited by an average of 40,000 unique visitors per month, from more than 200 countries. We have always stayed true to [...]