eSomethin.com is your dig­i­tal newspaper

eSomethin.com makes its debut as Per­rys­burg High School’s dig­i­tal stu­dent news­pa­per with high hopes for the future, but also not for­get­ting its roots — The Some­thin’, that ven­er­a­ble broad­sheet news­pa­per pub­lished by Per­rys­burg High stu­dents since 1922.

Because of wan­ing inter­est of stu­dents to pub­lish and read a news­pa­per when they now com­mu­ni­cate via Face­book, Twit­ter, and other social media sites through their cell phones, The Some­thin’ ceased pub­li­ca­tion in May.

Spon­sored by The Blade, eSomethin.com is being pro­duced under the guid­ance of Ben Fry, high school Eng­lish teacher, and Dave Mur­ray, The Blade’s man­ag­ing editor.

When The Some­thin’ closed at the end of last school year, there were three stu­dents who did most of the work. The staff of eSomethin.com now totals 13 jour­nal­ists and their num­bers grow each week. Per­rys­burg stu­dents are reporters, colum­nists, edi­tors, pho­tog­ra­phers, and video­g­ra­phers. Stu­dents will also be Web edi­tors and main­tain the site, post­ing new sto­ries, pho­tos, and fea­tures each week, and some­times daily depend­ing on the news.

Since the first eSomethin.com staff meet­ing on Sept. 18, stu­dents have vol­un­teered to write sto­ries, cover sports, fash­ion, and to write columns. Plans are in the works for music and video game reviews, live cov­er­age of sport­ing events, con­sumer columns, and much more.

“My goal is to bring inter­est­ing sto­ries to the stu­dents of Per­rys­burg High School in an easy and acces­si­ble way, and I hope peo­ple sup­port eSomethin.com,” said Dal­las Stiles, a senior, cap­tain of the high school swim team, and now a staff writer and mul­ti­me­dia edi­tor of eSomethin.com.

Michael Short, prin­ci­pal of Per­rys­burg High School, said it was a sad day when The Some­thin’ ceased pub­li­ca­tion, but the birth of eSomethin.com will be more rel­e­vant to stu­dents because they now live in a dig­i­tal world.

“Jour­nal­ism is chang­ing so fast and the biggest ben­e­fit of eSomethin.com for Per­rys­burg stu­dents is the real-world appli­ca­tion they’ll be involved with,” Dr. Short said. “This will allow them to prac­tice what could be a career for them. I’m very excited about The Blade’s part­ner­ship and what it will mean for our students.”

eSomethin.com will also be avail­able as a mobile site on your cell phones. And, of course, fol­low us on Face­book and Twitter.