One of America’s founding principles was the The Freedom Of The Press – the idea that government was supposed to be, by design, accountable to it’s citizenry, was truly revolutionary.

In an age where social media and fake news causes bad information to spread at breathtaking rates, local news is more important than ever in preserving the founding principles of the land I call home. Good local journalism has not just the power to hold government in check – but also the power to keep a citizenry informed and educated.

With that in mind, it was my honor and joy to be part of the founding team for The Bibb Voice. Through this website, we brought a much-needed new source of local journalism to my community.

My direct contributions and responsibilities included:

• Provisioning and configuration of a Akamai VPS to host the website.
• Installation and configuration of the WordPress CMS.
• Performance optimization and configuration of the WP Rocket plugin.
• SEO optimizations to ensure good syndication of articles in Google News and other news aggregators.
• Setup of ad distribution mechanisms on the website to track views, clicks, and other performance metrics.

The website has experienced significant reach and been part of numerous breaking news events over the years. It’s operated will minimal downtime and scaled with traffic demand without issues. Everything’s just “hummed along” – the way a website should!

Do you need help setting up a news website for your organization configured for significant traffic demand? I can help! Drop me an email and let’s figure out how to make it happen.