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Blog Entry 54 of 82 The Happening

Steve Shultz here. I am the YourHub.com community journalist representing the vast and sunny land known as Highlands Ranch. My blog will present a quick synopsis of the hip, and maybe not so hip, happenings in Highlands Ranch and all the great photos and stories posted by residents just like you. Every now and again, I will rant and rave about what deeply interests me, and ask for your personal feedback. We like to be personal here at YourHub.com - YourHub.com is not just some nameless, faceless ghost.


Two years of YourHub.com
Contributed by: Steve Shultz/YourHub.com   on 4/12/2007

Wow. Time flies when you work at YourHub.com. Today is my two-year anniversary working here.

I was the first community assistant, hired April 12, 2005. Things were a little different then, as YourHub.com was just being established. We were a brand new project of the Rocky Mountain News, but publisher John Temple and editor Travis Henry knew YourHub.com would be big.

How big? Here are a few figures to give you an idea: YourHub.com is made up of 44 hyperlocal, individual sites, or hubs; we put out 15 weekly print editions encompassing all 44 hubs; more than 3,000 each of stories, events and blogs are posted each month; more than 28,000 people in the Denver metro area are registered users of YourHub.com; and we are syndicated in six states.

Within the past two years, Travis has been invited to almost every journalism conference nationwide to discuss the concept of citizen journalism, how hyperlocal journalism is a wave of the future and how YourHub.com is the best citizen journalism Web site around.

But all these things aren't what make YourHub.com a success. It's you! How can we have citizen journalism without the citizens? The writers, bloggers and photographers ofParker and Franktownare who make YourHub.com successful. You are YourHub.com!

I would like to personally thank all of you who regularly contribute to YourHub.com, and even those who have only posted one or two stories. I enjoy reading your stories every day, and my goal is to see more and more of your stories told every day. As I reflect on my time as a YourHub.com journalist, I would like to help everyone tell their story.

This would be a great time to ask you, the readers, what you'd like to see more of on YourHub.com. Would you like to read more news articles? Would you like to know more about local events? Would you like to see more school stories in the paper? What about sports? Or health and fitness?

Give me a call at 303-954-2617 and tell me how YourHub.com can better serve you. But remember -- we can't do it without you. You can contribute to the community by posting your own stories, blogs, photos and events right to the Web site. Call me or e-mail me at shultzs@YourHub.com if you need help getting started.

Are you new to YourHub.com? Click on the names below to get to know some of your fellow contributors.

Stephanie Blake

Nikki Britain

Rob Guthrie

Joe McDaniel

Kristin Osani

And for a list of what's hot and what's not in the world of YourHub.com, be sure to visit Brendan's blog.




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Submitted By: Jamie VanEaton
posted on 4/13/2007 @ 8:47:20 PM
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Even though I'm a 'furriner' (Longmont hub), thanks for all you do to make this a quality website.
Submitted By: Joe McDaniel
posted on 4/13/2007 @ 1:03:19 PM
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Congratulations on two years and on fatherhood. Keep up the excellent support you give us.
Submitted By: Tabitha Dial
posted on 4/12/2007 @ 11:56:32 AM
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Happy two year anniversary, Steve! Cool blog!
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