Each Blue Plate Special is a package of articles, features and blog posts on a single theme. Special No. 1 is about newspaper blogging: state of the art. It features a rolling launch, with new content introduced over a period of 7-10 days. See this PressThink post for more explanation.

The Blue Plate Special editorial team is drawn from the students enrolled in Prof. Jay Rosen's blogging 101 class, plus two graduate students working with him. Other contributors are drawn from around the Web.

Patrick Akhidenor
Hometown Pretoria, South Africa
Year Junior
Major Journalism, minors in English and American Literature

Renee Alfuso
Hometown Oradell, NJ
Year Senior
Major Journalism, minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Trisha Chang
Hometown Morganville, NJ
Year Junior
Major Journalism and Psychology, minor in Sociology

Lauren Dzura
Hometown Colleyville, TX
Year Senior
Major Journalism, minor in Sociology

Andre James Henry
Hometown Brooklyn, NY
Year Junior
Major Journalism, minor in Africana Studies

Toli Galanis
Hometown Mexico City, Mexico
Year Senior
Major Journalism

Akshay Jain
Hometown Rye, NY
Year Senior
Major Journalism, minor in Pre-Business Studies

Kaitlin Jessing-Butz
Hometown Omaha, NE
Year Junior
Major Journalism and English & American Literature, Pre-Law

Alexis Krase
Hometown Philadelphia, PA
Year Senior
Majors Journalism and Politics

Emily McFarlan
Hometown Springfield, IL
Year Senior
Majors Journalism and Dramatic Literature, minor in German

Will McLean
Hometown Ocala, FL
Year Senior
Major Journalism, minor in Spanish

Kat Ocampo
Hometown Woodbridge, NJ
Year Senior
Major Journalism, minor in Pre-Business Studies

Sami Osman
Hometown Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Year Junior
Major Journalism, minors in Middle Eastern Studies and International Politics

Sara Williams
Hometown Sharpsburg, MD
Year Junior
Major Journalism, minors in History and Anthropology

Briana Mowrey
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Graduate student
Journalism

Apostolia Pentogenis
Manalapan, New Jerseyy
Graduate student
Culture and Communication