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Catalyst Radio: "Not A Genuine Black Man" Sept. 13 to benefit Fair Housing Center
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 08-31-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this edition of Catalyst Radio we focus on the nonprofit Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, and also learn about an upcoming fundraising...
Catalyst Radio: GVSU's Vandana Magal, on newspaper industry, global and local media
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 08-24-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Vandana Magal, associate professor of Journalism at Grand Valley State University’s School of Communications, joins us on Catalyst Radio to...
Catalyst Radio: Rapidian interns get real-world journalism experience
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 08-17-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Community Media Center, in addition to being a resource and services nonprofit involving media production, IT, television, radio and citizen...
Food you don't know about: discover the hidden gems
by (ChrisFreemanRealtor)
Submitted 07-16-2012 under OPINION
Every day you drive through the city and think that you know everything that you need to know about it. I feature six eateries that you should know about, but probably don't. I take a look at Rico's Deli, Speak EZ, Jalisco Tacos, Stoner...
Say hello to The Rapidian's latest interns
by (Chelsea)
Submitted 06-05-2012 under OPINION
Our latest group of interns is here, ready to bring you tons of great information all summer long. Be sure to say hello to them if you see them out and around Grand Rapids. They sat down to interview each other and this is what they had to say....
First Rapidian fund drive a success with over $10,000 in donations
by (Holly)
Submitted 04-30-2012 under OPINION
"Not only is The Rapidian a valuable resource for our community, but it provides a place for new writers (like me) to get professional experience too." -Heidi Stukkie Words like these came flooding in with donations over the past week-and...
Join us in supporting The Rapidian: fund drive kicks off Monday
by (Chelsea)
Submitted 04-20-2012 under OPINION
All week we've been talking about The Rapidian being the hyperlocal news source, powered by the people of Grand Rapids. Now it's time for us to ask you, our community of readers, reporters and supporters, to help us hit the goal we're...
Rapidian supports community news, reporters
by (jon_dunn)
Submitted 04-18-2012 under OPINION
We're in an incredibly interesting time. The explosion of technology has meant many great things for civilization, but in other ways we're seeing the negative effects play out. The role of the media in our society has been diminished. Not...
Join us in supporting hyperlocal
by (LCirivello)
Submitted 04-17-2012 under OPINION
In 2010, I wrote a Rapidian piece about the increasing attention to the concept of “hyperlocal” in news and journalism circles. Relating to the Rapidian, I referred to it as “small stories about the details of being a community....