17 May 2006

About River Cities' Reader Wikis

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The River Cities' Reader Wiki site can be found here.

The mission of collaborative journalism -- including but not limited to Wiki projects -- on the River Cities' Reader Web site is:

To empower citizens and their community using Web tools that foster understanding, discussion, and collaboration.

The primary goals include :

- increasing the amount, usefulness, and openness of public debate on issues of civic and cultural interest;

- expanding community knowledge and wisdom; and

- improving public policy and projects.

For more information about Wikis, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki.

To read the Code of Conduct for Wikis on the River Cities' Reader Web site, go to http://wiki.rcreader.com/wiki/Code_of_Conduct.

17 May 2006

At the Crossroads: Fueled by a Simple Idea, Daytrotter Could Put the Quad Cities on the Musical Map

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The complaint is painfully common. You look at the list of hot indie-cred-heavy bands playing at Gabe’s in Iowa City, or in Des Moines, and they’re the same bands that are playing in Chicago a few days later or earlier. They’re already driving Interstate 80 – hell, they’re probably stopping near the Quad Cities to pee – yet they rarely play here.

Sean Moeller has heard it. “We’re right on the way,” he said last week. “Everybody who’s anybody drives on I-80. They’re passing right by us every time. It gets to a point where you get really sick of that. You get sick of people ignoring you. ...

“When you are feeling like you’re bypassed every time for a different place, it’s easy to think that this place is crap. It’s easy to think that every place else is better.”

So Moeller gave people a reason to stop: Daytrotter.com.


17 May 2006

Content to Fly Under the Radar: Charles Davis Quartet, Thursday, May 18, at the Figge Art Museum

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Neither Tardo Hammer nor Charles Davis can explain their success in jazz.

Hammer, who has been called “the best jazz pianist you’ve never heard,” said he never planned on a music career when he was starting out in the late 1970s.

“To me it was ridiculous to think of a career,” he said in a phone interview this week. “There wasn’t a lot of work, and jazz was really not popular. ... You hardly saw an upright bass player, and almost every piano player had to get a Fender Rhodes. If you played ‘Straight Ahead,’ that was considered something that was just about to vanish off the planet, holding onto something that was ready to expire.

“I was thinking, ‘I’ll do this now because this is what I love to do. I’ll go where this is and see what happens. I’ll worry about tomorrow tomorrow.’”

Nearly 30 years later, Hammer has stumbled into that jazz career, performing regularly with singer Annie Ross and also releasing three discs as a bandleader. He’ll be playing in a quartet with the venerable saxophonist Davis at the Figge Art Museum later this week. (The pair will be joined by drummer Jimmy Wormworth and bassist Lee Hudson.) 

 

16 May 2006

The Law Can't Stop Creativity and Invention

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I recently found myself in Atlanta. Most conventioneers take the taxi from the airport to downtown, but since I was traveling on the largess of the Company, a buck-75 MARTA train ride felt more responsible than a $20 cab fare.

And so it was that I emerged from the caverns beneath Peachtree Plaza, squinting into the afternoon sun, searching among the canyons of steel and cement for my hotel.

“Where ya headed?”

He was five-foot-nothin’ and dressed in the somewhat ragged attire we used to discourage the kids from wearing in public. 
16 May 2006

Tinsman Appointed to Legislative Council

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Iowa Senator Maggie Tinsman (R-Bettendorf) has been appointed to serve on the state’s Legislative Council. The Legislative Council is made up of 24 members from the Senate and House who serve as the steering committee of the General Assembly between legislative sessions. 
16 May 2006

RPM

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Welcome to the Reader Publicity Machine or RPM
By taking advantage of this cost free service, you will have access to posting your company or organization's events and news announcements in real time, from anywhere you have an internet connection, 24 * 7 * 365!

News Releases & Announcements
What other media outlet provides you the tools to publish your news announcements in real time, 24/7 from anywhere in the world that you have an internet connection?
If you can copy and paste, then you can easily post your news releases in real time directly to the Reader web site for all to see.

Did someone in your organization win an award? Are you announcing a new product line or partnership in the community? Are you announcing a job opening and the position? Are you hosting a news conference?

Your news release headline will appear on ALL of the Readers web pages (see the box to the right) for 48 hours with a hotlink to the full announcement. Once 48 hours has passed your announcement will be archived in the Readers dbase for free search and retrieval by you, your staff and the public via category, text and date.
By utilizing one or two simple html coding tools, you can post News Announcements and Calendar listing that will provide direct links to your web site and email links to you or key staffers for more information.

Find a mistake in one of your News Announcements?
Need to update some Event information?
No problem, the RPM tool allow you to go in and Modify your postings in real time 24/7 anywhere you have a connection!

(...and coming soon!)
Calendar of Events
The Reader weekly calendar in newsprint is the most exhaustive in the region with over 200 listings every week.
By posting your event with these free web tools you will:
* Ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of your free online AND print calendar event listing
* Ensure your event is archived and searchable by date, venue and category in theReader Search Engine.
* Ensure your event is seen in the print version of the Reader (weekly circ. 15,000) and the quarterly Arts Guides.
* In a partnership with AdMospheres Airport Media & Advertising, your posted events will soon be seen as part of a scrolling calendar on meccaTV plasma screens at the Quad City International Airport.

What's the catch?
By taking advantage of this cost free service the Reader only asks that your organization or place of business provide one or more of the following reciprocating services:
* Make the River Cities Reader newsweekly available for free in a high profile location at your place of business for customers and employees. Click here to learn more about becoming a RCR distribution location.
* Place a non-adhesive Reader static sticker in plain site at your place of business.
* Include complimentary copies of the Reader as part of your employment packets mailed to recruits.
* Place a link to the Reader at your company's web site.

Yes, I want to use the RPM!

REGISTER NOW to become an RPM user. It's quick...easy..and free!


After you have registered, here's the process for submitting a news release:

1) Log in on the front page of the site.

2) Then, in the right-hand column, there will be a "Submit News Releases" link.

3) Click on it, and it will take you to a news release form. (If you are not logged in, it takes you to an info page about RPM - Reader Publicity Machine. But if you are logged in, it takes you to the form.)

4) After a news release is submitted, it must be approved by a Reader moderator, which typically takes less than 24 hours.

5) If you notice that your news release has not appeared on the Reader site within 24 hours, feel free to call during normal business hours at 563-324-0049.


Questions?
Email your questions here . . .

12 May 2006

Community

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Join the rcreader.com community! Registration is free and easy.

ONLY AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED USERS

  • Bookmarks. The "Quad Cities Links" section of the Web site (available under the "Community" tab on any page) is just what you think it will be. The difference is that our readers will be populating this feature. Registered users can add Web links to local stores, restaurants, bands, blogs, and more. We hope this will be a clearinghouse for all things Quad Cities, a one-stop shop. To add a link, click on "Submit WebLink" under the "User Menu" on the right side of the page.
  • News Releases. Registered users may post their company's or organization's news releases on the Reader Web site. All news releases can be found by clicking on "News Releases" under the "Community" tab on any page. To add a news release, click on "Submit News Releases" under the "User Menu" on the right side of the page.
  • Public Forums. The forums are open to the general public, but only registered users can 'subscribe' to certain topics and be notified by email when someone responds to their posting.

COMING IN JULY

  • Ability to submit events to the new event calendar as well as subscribe to daily or weekly subscriptions of Reader events and get reminder notifications before events so they don't pass you by!
  • Ability to submit vendor listings to: 'Dish' (Restaurant Listings), 'Nightlife' (bar & club listings) and 'The Arts' (Theaters & Museum listings) in the new In the Cities section, as well as the ability to review & rate current listings and manage your own listing!

AND COMING IN AUGUST (this is a really old story... )

  • Submit classified ads to website (with photos) and to the weekly print version of The River Cities' Reader and pay for it quick and easy online!

REGISTER NOW! and join the River Cities' Reader community!
11 May 2006

Publisher: Todd McGreevy

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Todd McGreevy co-founded the Reader with his wife Kathleen McCarthy in 1993. McGreevy is from central Illinois, having gone to grade school and high school in Peoria and Chatham respectively. Todd moved to the Quad Cities in 1986 to go to Augustana College in Rock Island, IL where he studied painting, sculpture and history.

11 May 2006

Editor & Business Manager: Kathleen McCarthy

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563.324.0049 extension 201

Words From the Editor Archives

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11 May 2006

Classified Advertising & Circulation: Rick Martin

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Rick Martin has been associated with the River Cities' Reader since January of 2001, first in distribution, then taking on the duties of classifieds manager and circulation manager.

Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Rick moved with his family to Davenport, Iowa in 1970.  He is a graduate of Davenport West High School and Scott Community College and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

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