The smarty pants at the University of Michigan see a void in the coverage of what's going on at the university and is starting to cover it with its own webzine – Montage.
"We felt we had to get the story out there about the creative work people are doing here," says Frank Provenzano, a spokesman for the University of Michigan and former newspaper reporter.
Montage is a website that will feature cultural news, faculty profiles, think pieces and student stories. The subjects will range from education to politics to art. The idea is to become a place for university creatives to share and comment using the latest social media.
"We want to think of creativity that isn't unique to any one discipline," Provenzano says.
There is definitely a lot of room for creativity in the Ann Arbor media landscape these days. The recent downfall of The Ann Arbor News has helped spur or empower a number of smaller, mostly web-based publications, including Concentrate. The result is a seismic shift in the local media landscape that is still sorting itself out.
"Everyone has to tell their story and traditional media isn't getting it done," Provenzano says.
Source: Frank Provenzano, a spokesman for the University of Michigan
Writer: Jon Zemke
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