How Your Neighborhood Can Use the Daily Planet
The Twin Cities Daily Planet is a nonprofit community news website that showcases the best work of ethnic and neighborhood publications, as well as the voices of engaged citizens and journalists. It’s a unique local forum for sharing information, building community, holding the powerful accountable and working together for the common good.
What does that mean for your neighborhood organization?
We recognize that your members are among the most civically engaged and knowledgeable people in the community. We want to be a tool for your organization’s members to share opinions and information with others, whether they’re a neighbor across the street, an official at city hall, or a reader somewhere around the world.
Once you create an account, you’ll be able to upload newsletter articles, add events to our community calendar, submit letters to the editor, and comment on stories others have shared. Publishing an article or an event is about as simple as sending an e-mail. Your content will then appear on a professional-looking website that’s read by several thousand people every day.
Ideas for using the Daily Planet
Here’s how to get started:
1.) Go to www.tcdailyplanet.net.
2.) In the upper left corner, you’ll see a series of red links. Click on “Create an Account.”
3.) Choose a user name and enter your e-mail address. Double-check your e-mail address before clicking the “Create new account” button.
4.) A random password will be generated and sent to your e-mail. Write down the password and then return to the Daily Planet home page.
5.) Follow the directions to log in and choose your own password. You can also subscribe to receive a daily e-newsletter with Daily Planet headlines.
6.) A blue control box with your user name should now appear at the top of the left sidebar. Click “Create content” and begin publishing!
Note: All articles and events are approved by Twin Cities Daily Planet editors before appearing on the website. We reserve the right not to publish any content we find offensive or inappropriate.
Questions? Contact the Daily Planet’s community editor Dan Haugen at danhaugen@tcdailyplanet.net for further instruction or to schedule a training session.
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