This newsletter will show how to employ a community journalism platform to create and run a community by trying the web as a mean of communication between its members. Why is community building important? We are all part of communities whether we realize it or not. We have our local community, countrywide community. Some are members of clubs or groups. Some are fans of a band or play hockey. Colleges, Colleges, universities and workplaces are also communities. Think about gigantic firms. In such workplaces folk barely know each other while they have so much common ground. A tighter community in the workplace will make folk feel more attached.Stronger communities also provide dependency when times get coarse or when crisis hits.

The stronger the community is, the better the possibility it’ll work together to solve issues and learn from past cock ups. The web is the ultimate community building tool a good community requires a central place where community members can meet, communicate with one another, display concepts, share experiences and sound their voices. A community mag is the ideal mean of communication and has many advantages as a community meeting place. Here are just some of these advantages :

1) Accessible to anybody from anywhere at any point A community web site is accessible from about anywhere, community correspondents and other members can take part at their own spare time without limits of time and place.

2) Democratic and sanctions the individual anybody can express their opinion and submit their own content. It is the glue that keeps the community together.The proven fact that everybody has a voice is vital.

3) Free Internet sites provide some communities with their own community mag which is free and doesn’t suffer operation costs.

4 ) Needs minimal moderation or attention Platforms like comagz.com provide the whole community members with the facility to post content and choose which content should be promoted and shown on the front page for instance while throwing out insufficient content. What are the ingredients of a good community mag platform? An internet mag feel and look with nice layout.

Sections for reports, articles, endorsed links and private columns Flexible Classes for easy scanning Simple submission of items by all members’ automated management of content items according to users votes Forums for consultations and search for finding old posts.

Exposure of the content to all leading search engines and blog aggregators.