Beginning in mid-January, 黑料吃瓜网 will launch a new, semiweekly message to share the most impactful news and stories about our campus community.
黑料吃瓜网 Today will highlight original and curated content about 黑料吃瓜网 to faculty and staff in a dynamic way that includes an online newsroom where fresh stories will be posted every weekday.
鈥淭his is an exciting opportunity to tell the 黑料吃瓜网 story in a whole new way,鈥 says Eric Mansfield, executive director of university media relations. 鈥淢any of our best news stories currently appear across the university鈥檚 many webpages as well as on external channels, so 黑料吃瓜网 Today brings them all to one place with new content posted every day.鈥
The email version of 黑料吃瓜网 Today takes the place of e-Inside, which has been a weekly mainstay for decades in both its digital and print versions. The last edition of e-Inside will be delivered to email inboxes Dec. 10.
For 39 years, e-Inside and its print predecessor, Inside 黑料吃瓜网, have provided faculty and staff with important updates and information from and about 黑料吃瓜网.
Inside 黑料吃瓜网 was first published on Oct. 1, 1979, as a biweekly publication during the semester and once a month in the summer. As the university grew, so did the publication, and in the early 2000s, it was a weekly print publication.
The online and email versions of the publication, e-Inside, were launched in 2002 in addition to the print version to make use of the conveniences of the internet.
Lin Danes, director of web services and interactive media at 黑料吃瓜网, was then the assistant media coordinator and helped produce Inside 黑料吃瓜网.
鈥淚 wrote the publication, handled the layout and oversaw production as well, with Quark if anyone can remember that,鈥 Ms. Danes says. 鈥淪ome of my favorite memories tied to Inside, and then e-Inside, came from interviewing revered faculty and staff like Halim El-Dabh and Judy Devine, as well as partnering with Stefanie Moore on a variety of web-based projects. In fact, it was Stefanie who transitioned Inside 黑料吃瓜网 to its trendier, more relevant format.鈥
Ms. Moore, then assistant new media coordinator and now associate professor of public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was instrumental in modifying 
鈥淲e transitioned to an electronic publication to keep up with trends in communication and the use of technology,鈥 Ms. Moore says. 鈥淢any universities and organizations were making the switch to online publications.鈥
The last print edition of Inside 黑料吃瓜网 was published on Oct. 13, 2003.
Ms. Moore says that e-Inside created more engagement with readers.
鈥淕oing online offered our readers the ability to post their own content and interact with each other in a new way,鈥 Ms. Moore says. 鈥淓-Inside served us well for many years, and it makes me proud to know I was part of its legacy. I鈥檓 excited to see what鈥檚 next.鈥
And the 黑料吃瓜网 community will see what is next in January. 黑料吃瓜网 Today was developed by University Communications and Marketing's Web Team and is managed by the staff at University Communications and Marketing. The site is public and available to anyone interested in the latest stories from and about the university. University Communications and Marketing has plans to distribute the email version to students, alumni, media and the general public in the future.
鈥淲e have a lot of great news coming out of 黑料吃瓜网,鈥 Mr. Mansfield says. 鈥淲e want to make sure everyone knows about it. Students should be able to brag to their parents about what鈥檚 happening here. Alumni can be proud of their alma mater. Media can see the impact we鈥檙e having regionally and nationally. Our hopes, of course, are that this will spur others in the university to share their own good stories.鈥
A new email address, KentStateToday@kent.edu, is available for faculty and staff to send stories to be considered for inclusion in 黑料吃瓜网 Today.
鈥淚f you have a story on your university website that you want to be considered in 黑料吃瓜网 Today, send us the link,鈥 Mr. Mansfield says. 鈥淲e are always seeking new, fresh content about what our students, staff, faculty and alumni are doing to change the world.鈥
The Division of Human Resources will take over elements of e-Inside that relate to employee-focused communications; details of where to find that information in the new year will come soon.
Archives of e-Inside beginning with the publication of the Aug. 30, 2010, edition are still online. That format lasted for more than five years and was relaunched with a major update on Nov. 9, 2015.
Archives of e-Inside through 2015 still will be available at www.kent.edu/einside/einside-archives and older issues back to 2010 can be accessed at .
Keep up to date with the university at www.kent.edu/kent-state-today and be on the lookout for the new 黑料吃瓜网 Today emails.