Books, Food, Health, Money, Music, News, Politics, Travel.
They are essential parts of our lives... bringing us joy, knowledge and fulfillment.
Here at Gather, we simply call them "Essentials". You'll find our Essential groups right on the home page. These groups help us organize and share your content. Each is loaded with interesting, innovative and thought provoking articles and images. The only thing missing is you! An added bonus... when you publish to the Essentials, not only will you be growing your network and profile on Gather; you might also become a star! The Gather editorial team features articles from Essential group members around the clock. We want to feature you! Just join the appropriate essential group and cross publish your article. It's that easy. And, you'll be in great company. Our Essential groups are home to the Gather Correspondent Corps. They are regular, featured contributors to the site. Be sure to check out their articles and join their networks. Each Gather correspondent is listed below.
Books:
Jenny W. (2nd and 17th of each month)
Food:
Richard Frisbie (twice a month)
Health:
Money:
Jennifer D. Meacham - Wednesdays
Heather M. (three times a month)
Joseph Franklyn McElroy (bi-weekly)
Movies:
Music:
News:
Shava Nerad (several times a week)
Justin McLaughlin (once a week)
Politics:
Scott Goldstein (twice a month)
Devin Barber (every Tuesday and Thursday)
Ethan G. (1st and 15th of each month)
Travel:
Kerala Goodkin (every other Monday)
Lisa G. (every other Thursday)
Jennifer St.Antoine (every other Friday
Sean-Paul Kelley (every other Tuesday)
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Comments: 25
I like how the essentials are set up. Some people do wonder what the prerequisistes are for getting featured, so a more indepth explanantion would be nice.
Maybe highlight more than 3 groups at a time...
I'm pretty new here and if I hadn't found a few people willing to help me navigate I could have wandered for who knows how long. A "How to " on navigation would be a great help
I agree there should be an outlet for creative writing/short stories. Many joined Gather for this type content.
Gather.com needs a place to post religious and moral issues. So many articles with these slants and ones focused only on those subjects end up in inappropriate categories.
Namaste, Wayne
Thanks for all your terrific ideas! I wish we could launch Essential groups for each of the great topics you listed above…and hopefully in the future we will! My name is Pam Johnston, I'm the new VP of Community Engagement here at Gather. My job is to make your Gather experiences rich, rewarding, engaging and ultimately enjoyable. As you may know, we launched the first nine essential groups in February. They have been wonderfully received and we're looking forward to adding new essentials in the future. Your feedback and opinions are not only appreciated… but embraced. Keep them coming! Everyone here at Gather is listening and working hard to build you the best community possible.
Continue the conversation…
Plagerized articles without attribution is only the most egregious offense. The quality of offerings by some correspondents do not meet even the most elastic standards of journalism or literacy.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976919151
When will correspondent positions be open to new people?
'Cause I'm kickin' myself hard for not applying the first time around!
honestly, I have over 600 articles I could put up here, but I hesitate and post real articles sparingly because I hate having something featured next to a known plagiarist. I have a career to consider, and if my editors saw that, I have no idea how they would react.
I myself have pointed out numerous health care articles that were literally pasted verbatim from other websites. It was my assumption that the "correspondents" for these groups were supposedly chosen as they were the best, not because they can cut & paste. YOU are paying these people to give your website a bad name. Is that good business? I don't think so.
Essentials would be great if there was a Non-fiction essential and a Fiction essential.
I, too, question how long these correspondents' contracts last. And it would be nice to question the Gather members concerning Essentials, there are great suggestions out there, just no place to present them.