From the HBIC/Owner, Ivy:

We’ve tried a couple of ways to keep the quality of writing up at MCB, and we think we may have hit on a winner. Props to Newscoma for the idea. Instead of having one person be responsible for the bulk of all the writing, we have decided to piece it out to several people. Each person will cover a topic that they either have some expertise or a great interest in.

Ginger and I sat down and talked about who we wanted, who would be our dream writers. We asked the people to join with a commitment of 5 posts per week and we’ve come up with a group of people we think will be excellent editors for each subject area we have defined.

One might think I’d now post a list of these people and what they’re writing about, but one would be wrong. We like surprises here at MCB and so we’re going to have each new editor introduce themselves, two each day until they’re all introduced.

From your Community Manager, Ginger:

First of all, I just want to say that we appreciate all of the support you have given us during this time of transition. As you know, the first six months of MCB’s existence has been a very valuable learning experience, and we have sought to make it the very best community blog that it can be. At this point, we believe that MCB is ripe for a new direction, and so a restructuring is in progress. We really believe we have come up with a plan that will offer a wider variety of topics, and will help steer this site forward.

As Ivy said above, the main purpose of the new Editorial Board is to feature blog posts from Nashville and Tennessee that fall within that Editor’s specific field (i.e., Health, Sports, Politics, etc.). From time to time, they will also post their own editorials and even bring in guest contributors. Each editor is also free to moderate discussions as they see necessary, as long as this fits within our Comment Moderation Policy.

We have added a new e-mail address, tips@musiccitybloggers.com, which is where our regular and new contributors may submit their posts for consideration. We can’t guarantee your tip will be posted, but we will do the best we can!

Also as Ivy stated, to introduce the new structure, we are going to have two editors a day write a post introducing themselves and elaborating a bit about their new role. Rachel has written a wonderful post that will be published shortly.

During this transition week we will keep it status quo of free-posting by me, Ivy, Newscoma, etc., and as each Editor is introduced into the mix, they will begin to post under their topic.

We hope you will enjoy the exciting new direction of Music City Bloggers.

Stay tuned!