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Guardian Weekly relaunches website

by Jacquie Bowser, Brand Republic 09-Aug-07, 10:50

LONDON - Guardian Unlimited has relaunched the website for the Guardian Weekly, the international news weekly as the Guardian Weekly Global Network, featuring first-person user generated news and social networking.

The Guardianweekly.co.uk site aims to build an international community of users who can register a profile, submit articles and communicate with other like-minded people around the world.

The site is now split into two distinct sections -- blue and orange. The blue section contains the first-person user generated content or eyewitness reports commissioned from various sources including Guardian and Observer foreign correspondents, and the content is structured around ten editorial subject areas, including politics, health, human rights and development.

Articles in the blue section include reports written by the team leader of the current Nasa space mission to Mars, an American soldier in Iraq, an Afghan father and son who have lived through decades of conflict and Hiroshima survivors.

The orange section is the social networking zone, giving users the opportunity to interact with each other and the site. Users can submit their own articles, video and images, comment on articles, rate and respond to other users comments and store their favourite articles.

Mark King, editor of the online Guardian Weekly Global Network, said: "We are making the focus of our reporting about how individuals are affected by global events.

"We also want to connect our readers, giving them the opportunity to truly effect change and providing a platform for voices that are often overlooked."

The site now takes a similar format found on the recently relaunched Guardian Unlimited home page and its travel and science websites, with a wider grid and emphasis on photography, video, blogs and podcasts.