[Imc-nh-editorial] Statement of purpose (fwd)

[Rob Wolff]

Hi editors,

Maureen and Nesli, the two students working to promote the new Durham-UNH 
section of nhindymedia.org, have asked if we could include a statement of 
purpose for the section.  Their draft is included in the forward below.

Please take a moment to read it and bring up any issues you have.  They 
would like to know where we're at with this by Friday, so they can begin 
promoting the site to student and community groups.

I'll have to come up with a tech solution for this, either a prominent 
link or it could just be written as an article.  If anyone has any ideas 
for this, let me know.

thanks
rob


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:12:47 -0400
From: Maureen M Reilly <mmreilly at cisunix.unh.edu>
To: Rob Wolff <rcwolff at cisunix.unh.edu>
Cc: norhon at cisunix.unh.edu, mmreilly at cisunix.unh.edu
Subject: Statement of purpose

Hey all,
Here is the statemenmt of purpose behind the Durham/UNH tag on NHindymedia.org. 
Please let us know what you think:

"The students of the University of New Hampshire and the members of the greater 
Durham community are not fully represented by the local news media. The New 
Hampshire, UNH's student-run newspaper, does not provide complete coverage for 
UNH and the town of Durham is covered on the fringes of both the Portsmouth 
Herald and Foster's Democrat. This is not enough. The community deserves more. 
Historically, there has been a rift between the students of UNH and the 
residents of Durham. The Durham/UNH section of nhindymedia.org is for the 
greater Durham community and we seek to bridge the gap between the two. By 
identifying our readership as those who live, work in and go to school in 
Durham we seek to represent the underrepresented and bring the splintered 
population of Durham back to a cohesive one. UNH news is Durham news and 
vice-versa. We believe journalism is a conversation and it's time for Durham to 
start talking."
We hope you all approve this statement, we would like to put it out on flyers 
around town and through meetings with various campus and town groups.
Thank you.
Nesli Orhon and Maureen Reilly