Press Release Four: ONE.SIX

NEW RELEASE

OCTOBER, 29 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dr. Edward C. Pease

Journalism and Communication Department Head
Utah State University
ted.pease@usu.edu
435-797-3292


OPEN ENROLLMENT AT UNIVERSITY ONE.SIX
ONE.SIX Is Seeking Political Op-Ed Writers for Publication on www.onepointsix.org

ONE.SIX, a fast-growing political news and opinion website (onepointsix.org), has created University ONE.SIX, which allows students from around the country to become contributors. Carl Baumeister and Paul Pugmire are premiere editorial creators for ONE.SIX, but are seeking to create another opinion dynamic within the website. Students have a voice in the coverage and reporting of political news, and ONE.SIX wants it to be heard. "Our opinion page is well-balanced, yet fearless and provocative," said Baumeister. The opinion section continues to be a focal point of the site, seeking to inform and provoke thought from those who read an participate in the discussion.

ONE.SIX creates a political environment that is committed to telling both sides of today's important political stories. "The problem with many political websites is that they lean so far to one side that 97 percent of their readers are also on that side, and they become little self-contained tornadoes of activity, all agreeing with each other," says Baumeister. Breaking news headlines from outlet news sources are featured on the site, allowing readers to link out to sites that may appeal to the right or lean more to the left. "We try to balance our stories and let readers decide if any particular side is closer to the truth," says Baumeister.

With an influx in the participation of college-aged adults in the political realm, ONE.SIX wants to offer students an opportunity to be heard, to be published, and to participate in the world of political opinion writing. They have created a student-specific section that, in conjunction with its open forum pages, will allow them to actively participate in open conversation about what's happening around the globe. Students who submit well-written opinions promoting reader comments and discussion will be given the chance to publish their writing as on op-ed piece on the ONE.SIX main opinion page.

For further details and questions please contact:

Couper Sorenson
Communications Adviser
435-840-2007
coupdawg@gmail.com

ONE.SIX is a fast growing political news and opinion website committed to finding truth between the extremes of political news outlets. The website links to current events reporting, breaking news, as well as its own unique stories and opinions. ONE.SIX's goal is to make readers well informed, well rounded, and well connected to the madness that is politics today.

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