Many of you know I have what those in the music business might refer to as a “side project” called Red County Wicomico. It’s a website where I generally park a number of my local posts in order to bring them to a national stage. Recently Marc Kilmer (a frequent monoblogue commentor) joined my “blogpen” as a contributor and I’ll be looking for a few more good men (and women) to join up in the coming weeks and months – unlike monoblogue, RCW is meant to be multi-contributor forum. I’m just the editor and all that gives me is the power to pull anything which I don’t feel to be appropriate to the site. In that respect it’s similar to Red Maryland.
This release was sent to me over the weekend in an effort to announce their newly revamped site – I saw a sneak preview a week or so ago and it will knock your socks off too.
An Enhanced Red County is on the Way!
Red County will be introducing a brand new site next week! A new look, new features the addition of new contributors, plus a few surprises, are all part of the exciting changes in store at Red County. We fully intend to provide readers with the very best online source for regional political news and commentary and our redesigned site is just the start.
From all-star contributors to video and podcast programs, we’re excited about the re-design that’s coming in just a few days. Since it will represent a change for our readers, however, we wanted to give you a sneak peek at what is coming here.
We would like to thank our readers for their support and we look forward to making Red County your primary source for political news. Stay tuned!
One thing I’ve been a little bit lax on is adding new content to the RCW site, in part because of time demands from a number of sources. Soon that will begin to balance out and things should improve; however, this does give me the opportunity to seek out some new good local writers who could benefit from more national exposure. Red County Wicomico is actually a blog where one could write once or twice a week and not have to worry about maintenance and such. My site here is actually a bit of a throwback to the original days of blogging when it was one person and their thoughts, much like a journal.
In the meantime, I encourage you to check out the new Red County site as it rolls out. One nice feature will be the opportunity to personalize the site to have my (and my blogpen’s) most recent contributions at the top, so one can continue to stay abreast of local political news.
There’s a lot to write about over the coming weeks and months and I look forward to having my say in the fray both here and through Red County.
