February « 2009 « Wigley and Associates

Community Blogging: The New Wave of Citizen Journalism

By Griff Wigley, on February 25th, 2009

The National Civic Review, the quarterly journal of the National Civic League (“Now in its 98th year of publication”), has its Winter 2008 issue out. The issue has a 6-page article by Julie Fanselow titled Community Blogging: The New Wave of Citizen Journalism (PDF).

The article includes the Northfield projects I’m involved with, Locally Grown and [...]

A blog for our neighborhood and townhouse association

By Griff Wigley, on February 19th, 2009

Last week, my wife Robbie and I set up a blog site for the Valley Pond Townhouse Association where we’re members. The townhouses surround Hidden Valley Park in Northfield, Minnesota on three sides.

Revamped blogsite for Knecht’s Nurseries & Landscaping

By Griff Wigley, on February 16th, 2009

We’ve recently made some modifications to the blogsite design for Knecht’s Nurseries & Landscaping. Working with co-owner Deb Knecht, Northfield web designer Sean Hayford O’Leary incorporated new elements to the homepage blog and sidebars while I’ve been working with her on restructuring many of the site’s pages.

Revamped blogsite for J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘n’ Stein

By Griff Wigley, on February 13th, 2009

We’ve revamped the blogsite for J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘n’ Stein, a restaurant in downtown Northfield, converting it from our original Blogger-embedded site to WordPress. I’ll soon begin training owner Joe Grundhoefer and manager Andy Beaham to administer the site.

Northfield web designer Sean Hayford O’Leary did the design and imported all the old Blogger posts.

Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab takes a look at Locally Grown, RepJ and the new CSJ

By Griff Wigley, on February 12th, 2009

I don’t know the Nieman Journalism Lab guys personally but Mathew Ingram’s blog post today, “Locally grown” news gets a boost acknowledged the good stuff happening with Locally Grown, the group blog and podcast that I co-host in my hometown of Northfield.

The ‘boost’ to hyperlocal sites like ours that he’s referring to is [...]

Revamped blogsites for the City of Eden Prairie

By Griff Wigley, on February 9th, 2009

We’ve recently updated all the City of Eden Prairie blogs, including those for longtime bloggers, City Manager Scott Neal and Fire Chief George Esbensen, plus a new one for the Eden Prairie Police Department.

Northfield web designer Sean Hayford O’Leary and I have worked closely with Communications manager Joyce Lorenz to implement her design. [...]

Revamped blogsite for the Trials Training Center (TTC)

By Griff Wigley, on February 5th, 2009

I’ve recently revamped the website for the Trials Training Center (motorcycle resort in Sequatchie, Tennessee), converting it from our old Blogger-embedded design to WordPress. I’ll soon begin training TTC director Catherine Bedley to administer the site.

Northfield web designer Sean Hayford O’Leary imported all the old Blogger posts.

New blog site for KYMN 1080 Radio

By Griff Wigley, on February 2nd, 2009

Longtime employee Jeff Johnson bought KYMN 1080 AM from its owners in January and promptly hired me to help him put up a blog site for the Northfield station. Newly hired sales manager Tim Freeland has now taken over the administration of the site and is doing the blogging.