Welcome to our inaugural issue of Water Citizen News Preview
Edition! Over the next 6 months, we
intend to publish one complete issue a month, covering current events and
features in a wide range of water-related topics, while developing
opportunities for interaction and participation by our readers through
comments, selective publication of contributed content, and story assignments
for Water Citizen Journalists to participate in Crowd Journalism using the
NewsiT app. For more on the overall
format of Water Citizen News, as well as our mission and team, see “About Water
Citizen News.”
In this month’s issue, we have several exciting
features. Water Citizen News features
water issues from around the country and around the globe. In this issue, we have coverage on policies
to support more coordinated management of water and energy in buildings from a
recent Senate hearing. Farmers discuss
the “explosion” of use of digital technology, including smart phones, for smart
water management. Jeffrey Sachs, author
and thought leader on global poverty issues, shares his thoughts on how water
underlies many of the world’s conflicts
Water, like politics, is local, and water stories, like
charity, begin at home. Consequently, a
common theme in many of this month’s articles is the undertold stories of water
in DC, from the leadership on Green Infrastructure by DC Water, to the
challenges of restoring and “restorying” both the river and the community of
Anacostia. By sharing some of DC’s
stories, we hope you will recognize similar issues and opportunities in your
own communities. We look forward to
finding innovative ways to tell those stories, using remote communications and
app-based Water Citizen Journalism to deliver stories from all over.
We are also excited to share with you several articles that
provide perspectives on water in our lives from the worlds of sports, arts,
culture and religion. This month’s
sports section features the Summer Olympics, including a discussion with three
brothers who are all competitive divers, including one who participated in this
year’s Olympic trials, on the opportunities diving has created for them; as
well as a study from a leading research on biomechanics on how Michael Phelps’
speed was increased through his instinctive approach to use of his hands – a trick
that can be used by the casual swimmer as well!
Please let us know what you think of this first issue, like
and share our stories and videos, and send your ideas for future coverage!
No comments:
Post a Comment