[Cabs] Exciting Changes to The Blind Coloradan! We are Now a Blog!

[Jessica Beecham]

For Immediate Release

Release Date:

Wednesday July 16, 2014

Jessica Beecham

Chapter and Community Development Coordinator

National Federation of the Blind of Colorado

303-778-1130 x 223

720-440-2632

jbeecham at nfbco.org<mailto:jbeecham at nfbco.org>


Colorado Springs, CO (July 16, 2014). The National Federation of the Blind of Colorado this week announced that The Blind Coloradan will be changing formats to bring readers more timely, empowering information and opinion. The Blind Coloradan will now evolve into a blog Blind Coloradan theblindcoloradan.blogspot.com. According to Kevan Worley, who has edited The Blind Coloradan in recent years, "This is very exciting for readers who really want to stay in the know. We will now be able to better target our creativity and use of valuable time to bring more immediate information, analysis, and opinion to our readers, both within and outside of our immediate Federation family. We can more effectively meet the needs of our readers through a more relevant, accessible, 21st Century solution. I look forward to collaborating with Jessica Beecham and all future contributors to make our new blog a powerful tool of communication and inspiration."

For over three years, the NFB of Colorado newsletter, The Blind Coloradan, has published three to four times per year. It has been inspired by the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado's best intention, expansive creativity, and earnest commitment to bring each reader profiles, information, event summaries, resolutions, and convention reports. The newsletter quickly began to become too dense. It began to resemble a news magazine rather than a breezy, up-to-date news bulletin. It became daunting to write and even more daunting to read.

For quite some time now, the organization has also had a blog. NFB CO has determined that the best use of time, effort, and imagination would be to target resources more effectively and encourage everyone to read the new Blind Colorada blog. Please send news people can use, notices of upcoming chapter activities, and opinion to Kevan Worley or Jessica Beecham. Email kevanworley at blindmerchants.org<mailto:kevanworley at blindmerchants.org> or jbeecham at nfbco.org<mailto:jbeecham at nfbco.org>. The affiliate plans to keep the blog lively and up-to-date. NFB CO also plans to add the blog to the local news channel on NFBNewsline. So, check the blog, read the blog, and share the blog with others theblindcoloradan.blogspot.com<http://www.blindcoloradan.blogspot.com/>.