Out with the old, in with the new!

It's the start of a new quarter here at Medill, which means that our writing staff is turning over. Last quarter's students will now be filing for various Chicago publications with the Medill News Service.

But fear not, dear reader, for a new batch of 'Methods Reporters' has arrived on campus this week. A few have already expressed interest in filing stories and photos for the site and we're pulling together a bit of an actual editorial team to make this quarter's articles even better than the last.

Later this week we'll be putting up another Alderman candidate profile from the same writer who brought you the oft-quoted Scott Waguespack piece.

And I thought we'd try out the sidebar on the left side for a few days to see how it feels. Any comments?

Expect the next batch to bring in a host of new features and ideas for the site. it will become what they choose to make it...