Student Media at Vanderbilt University

InsideVandy.com is the online source for student media at Vanderbilt University. It serves the Vanderbilt community by:

-Providing an online outlet for news, features, commentary, photos, videos and other creative content produced by students in Vanderbilt student media

-Allowing members of the Vanderbilt community to participate in the creation of content and connect with one another through an interactive Web site

Using the power of the Internet, InsideVandy aims to improve the way student media is created and disseminated and to empower members of the Vanderbilt community to tell their own stories.

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InsideVandy

HISTORY
The Vanderbilt Student Communications board of directors voted unanimously in March 2006 to create InsideVandy after a semester-long study by student media leaders. The study, prompted by concern about changing technology and consumer preferences dramatically affecting the media industry, examined both national trends and media consumption at Vanderbilt.

Trends indicated that consumers, particularly youth, increasingly are turning to online media outlets for news, commentary and entertainment. Additionally, many are creating their own content through blogs and popular sites like MySpace, LiveJournal and Facebook.

In order to keep Vanderbilt student media on the forefront of changing technology and consumer preferences, VSC decided in Spring 2006 to dramatically alter the way Vanderbilt student media is produced and delivered, adopting a collaborative media model with digital delivery at its center. The result is InsideVandy.

InsideVandy is the product of Vanderbilt student media groups working together, sharing office space, staff and resources to produce better coverage that can be delivered both digitally and in traditional print formats. In addition to improving traditional media coverage, InsideVandy also allows Vanderbilt community members to connect and actively engage in content creation through an interactive format. With the launch of InsideVandy in August 2006, Vanderbilt aims to become a national leader in digital media and model for other universities.

FACILITIES
The InsideVandy office is located in Suite 130 Sarratt Student Center.

CONTACT INFORMATION
InsideVandy
Vanderbilt University
2301 Vanderbilt Place
VU Station B 351669
Nashville, TN 37235-1669