By Rafal Rogoza —
GothicTimes.net, the official website of NJCU’s student newspaper, is now available to the student body. The web version of The Gothic Times includes all the content of the print version, up to date articles, and additional multimedia showcasing people and events on campus.
“I’m completely ecstatic that we have the new website up and running. It gives our readers easy access to the campus news,” said Allison Lozada, The Gothic Times Editor in Chief.
The new web version of The Gothic Times is a replacement of the now defunct GothicTimesNetwork.com which has been inactive since March 2011. During the 2011 fall semester The Gothic Times staff collaborated with Media Trends, a NJ based media company, in designing the website.
GothicTimes.net includes all the sections readers are familiar with such as news, lifestyle, feature, arts & entertainment, opinion and advice and sports. Previous issues of the print version of the newspaper can also be viewed in PDF format.
Most importantly, the website gives students the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns on featured stories. The Gothic Times staff encourages readers to participate in online discussions so that we may better our coverage of issues that are relevant to the student body.
GothicTimes.net is not limited to traditional journalism. The website makes it possible to view videos and music created by NJCU students. Currently, the site features “The Edge of All You Know” a short documentary produced and directed by talented NJCU filmmaker Felix Rodriquez. The Gothic Times staff urges artists of various type to share their work with the NJCU community.
The work of student writers who have participated in
the Journalism Capstone course are also available on GothicTimes.net. Journalism Capstone focused on long form stories with an urban theme. Great stories by NJCU wordsmiths like Felix Alaracon, Alberto Arias, and Alex Johanesen, among others, are accessible to interested readers.
The GothicTimes.net should not be considered only as a news website but as a communication platform that exposes the NJCU community to the talent that nests and matures on campus. The Gothic Times staff looks forward to putting GothicTimes.net to use for the benefit of the University as a whole.