About SkokieNet

SkokieNet is a community-driven online portal for people who live in and care about Skokie. This site offers news, opinions, features and information in a variety of media "for the people, by the people." It offers residents a place to interact, discuss local topics and network by way of blogs and photo galleries.

Skokie residents are invited to post:

• News and stories related to Skokie on any topic

• Skokie events, anything from village board meetings to bake sales, choir recitals to debates

• Poetry and other creative writing

• Photography, videos, audio pieces

SkokieNet offers local businesses a place to create a valuable networking community.

Some Skokie teenagers have set up blogs here. See Eh?reca asks u, HSYW: Derek Speaks, and Marylin Shares.

SkokieNet is an online guide to all things. It is recognized by Village officials, the media, and Library patrons as the best place to go for information about Skokie.

Advisers to SkokieNet include Elizabeth Landes, Congregation Or Torah; Israr Malik, Great Computer Systems; Alfred Nathan, Skokie People Speak; Gary Newhouse, Oakton Community College; Richard Reeder; Meryl Rivenson, Skokie Human Services; Alexis Sarkisian, Jewish Vocational Services and Karen Kring.

Frances Roehm is the SkokieNet librarian. Volunteers Erica Mui, Aleks Krapivkin, Meghan Sandstrom, Derek Newhouse, Marge Brookstrone, Annette Peters, Manny Bud, Roy Swenson, Barbara Goodfriend, Dick and Patty Witry, Gill Wolf, Jean Lewis, Boris and Marylin assist in content management.

History:
Sponsored by Skokie Public Library, the interactive elements of SkokieNet can be traced back to GoSkokie, a site developed in 2004 at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

The GoSkokie site was developed by students in Medill's New Media Publishing Project class, part of the school's master's program. The GoSkokie team consisted of six Northwestern graduate journalism students, with advice from their professor, Rich Gordon, and Jeff Jarvis of Advance.net (sponsor of the project).

Northwestern Journalism students who created the forerunner of SkokieNet. (From left to right: Mike, Sara, Vivek, Jason, Gina and Leah)