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About Us
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OurBlook is a website combining the dynamic online atmosphere of a blog with the researched, in-depth analysis of a book. Our online community is a collaborative resource created and used by academics, public policy officials, and journalists at the natural intersection of current events and the media. Everyday, these experts join OurBlook to engage in an on-going conversation with their colleagues that seeks out the responsible, sustainable ideas that will define our future.

How to Contribute

OurBlook is working to ensure we leverage our intellectual capital and share our educational resources to get new ideas into the public sphere. Together, we are looking at what's happening on the world stage and lay out new designs on where we want to go. Join our community of academics and journalists to start the dialogue and stimulate the interactions that will take us beyond reading the headlines today to defining tomorrow's news.

Join OurBlook
OurBlook provides a platform for the voices of tomorrow. Lend your expertise to the OurBlook community and publish your research and opinions by becoming a Blooker. The site is a neutral forum that does not define a political position, but welcomes and respects all viewpoints and all levels of experience. Join now!

Editorial Policy
OurBlook is an open community dedicated to dialogue and debate as the best means to share in our responsibility to pave the road to the future. That said, OurBlook follows rules of engagement that balance respect for free speech with the rights of the community to a respectful exchange. Please note that the OurBlook editor serves as moderator for all submissions, including Blookers and commentators. Material will be reviewed to determine if it is topical and appropriate to the goals of the OurBlook community. Additionally, any offensive materials or comments will not be tolerated.

Become a Blooker
There are many benefits to becoming a blooker. Network with individuals that share your same interests, investigate topics with experts, and much more. Find out the many benefits of becoming a blooker.

OurBlook Staff:

Gerry Storch - OurBlook Editor
OurBlook's editor, Gerry Storch, is an accomplished reporter and editor. From 1986 to 2001, Gerry served as the night news editor, business editor and sports editor of Gannett News Service, working out of USA Today's headquarters in northern Virginia. Previously, he worked for the Detroit News editing the Accent section and leading a team of eight investigative reporters. He also worked for the Miami Herald, the Associated Press in Richmond and Philadelphia, and interned at the Detroit Free Press. He served as a junior officer in the Navy and earned a B.A. in political science and M.A. in journalism from the University of Michigan.

Paul Mongerson - OurBlook Founder
For nearly 30 years, Mr. Mongerson has had an avocational interest in the news media. An engineer, businessman (chairman and CEO of Fortune 500 company Stanadyne Inc.) and inventor (10 patents), he is the author of the journalism textbook "The Power Press: Its Impact on America and What You Can Do About It" from Fulcrum Publishing.

Press Room

Current News

* Our readership is at an all-time high ... thank you!

* Our roster of interviews includes NPR personality Bob Garfield, Wiki founder Jimmy Wales, Columbia U social media expert Prof. Sree Sreenivasan and former Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz.

* Our university partnership is going strong, as U of Iowa journalism students posted class articles on our site last fall and will do so again this spring. We're also working with classes at Georgia, Villanova and Sam Houston State.

* We are nearing completion of a blook ... an online book synthesized from contributor interviews ... on the future of journalism ... 12 chapters on citizen journos, social media, new pay websites, digital readers, the journalist of the future, and more.

* The world is noticing: OurBlook has been mentioned in a profile of site founder Paul Mongerson in Gulf Coast Business Review, in articles by Gerry Storch and Sandy Ordonez in the Online Journalism Review of the Knight Digital Media Center, in the online business magazine Fast Company and in the Romenesko daily media news roundup.

* We have just created a Twitter account: http://twitter.com/ourblook

* The Center for Media and Public Affairs has us featured on its homepage and its affiliated stats.org. We have begun a collaboration with this well-known media think tank.

What is a Blook?

A blook is a collaborative system to fill the gap between a blog and a book. It fuses opinions from us and you to create a polished and comprehensive set of topic discussions. Read More