by Ted Mann
Howdy, Neighbor
June 17, 2009 in Site News by Ted Mann
What is InJersey?
Basically, it's just what it sounds like — a place for you to find out about anything and everything going on In New Jersey. Our goal is bring you a unique brand of local, local news, and to give you platform for publishing your own stories, photos, and announcements.
Of course, the more people from your town that come here and submit their own news and comments, the more useful the overall site becomes. That's why we're inviting everyone in the neighborhood — yes, everyone — to join. Together, we hope to build an online community that will make it easier for you to:
- Keep up with news and events
- Find at photos and videos from around town
- Submit things to the town official that need fixing (like potholes, traffic lights, etc)
- Vote up or down ideas for improving local government
- Learn about neighborhood businesses
- Participate in discussions
- Submit your own announcements, photos, and reviews
Who’s Behind InJersey?
The site is administered by the writers and editor from Gannett New Jersey's news teams — including APP.com, CourierPostOnline.com, MyCentralJersey.com, DailyRecord.com, and TheDailyJournal.com. What this means is that content from InJersey will often find its way into your local newspaper. But, perhaps even more important, our team trained reporters can help open doors throughout the community for citizen journalists who may need a little help getting to the bottom of a story.
We look forward to meeting you, hearing your stories, and being your trusted source for community-specific information.
And of course, if you have any suggestions for how we can improve this site and make it more useful to the community, please email us.
Most important, we hope you'll register with the site so that you can post your own news, photos, and other content. Signing up is easy — two minutes, tops! — and before you know it you'll be an official InJersey correspondent!
How do I post an article about local business?? My computer use is limited at best!! Thanks for the help — CaptRich Galauski
Hi Rich. We certainly hope you’ll post to InJersey, especially if you can share some of the best fishing spots in the area, or even your take on the best seasfood restuarants in Freehold.
A word of caution, though: We reserve the right to unpublish anything that’s simply self-promotional in nature. So please, try to keep your posts relevent to the town you’re posting them onto, and make sure they have some sort of news or topic of interest to the community.
To write your first post, click on the “Sign Up” link at the top of the sites. Then, once you’re registered, use the nav bar at the top to go straight to your town and then click on “new post” to write an original post. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.