Austin Post: What is it? and Come Join us Thursday

It’s time to unveil a project I’ve been working doggedly on for the past month or so. It’s called Austin Post and it’s really freakin’ cool.

The idea behind it is to fill the void left by the death of newspapers (dun dun dun) by creating a place for Austinites to post and submit news. Those pieces of news and stories are then voted up or down on the homepage and category pages by the readers. So the end result is that the community is deciding what’s newsworthy or not, what’s important, and what’s worth reading. It’s bringing intellectual discourse back to newspapers. Online.

We’re looking for anyone and everyone to post content. Existing bloggers can simply double-post their content: any time you post to your blog, also post it to www.austinpost.org. New bloggers, or simple contributors, can just log in to Austin Post and write their content there. You pick the category it goes in, you upload an image or two and voila! you are writing for Austin Post.

Tomorrow night, Thursday, we’re hosting a Writers Event at The Belmont’s Dakota Lounge from 6-8pm. If you’re at all interested in contributing to the site, please come to the event! I’d love to meet you, and you’ll be plied with beer (or wine or cocktails), light food, and a free limited-edition Austin Post t-shirt. Be the first on the block to get this hot off the press tee!

What’s my role? I’m the Editor in Chief. But this isn’t an aristocratic editorial process–anyone can post, and the community will decide who is featured. That said, I do have some oversight on what’s featured on the front page. Write good stuff, controversial stuff, smart stuff, and you’ll get there. 🙂

Evite is here, feel free to RSVP: www.tinyurl.com/austinpost

Check out www.austinpost.org and get writin’!