The next move

TheDigitel.com launched way, way back in May 2008 — it’s hard to believe that it’s been nine years.

At this marker, we’ve realized the amount of time we’re able to put towards moderating and generating content has greatly diminished, so we’re putting the site into archive mode.

All user-generated content will be preserved and remain online. However in the coming days, no new content will be allowed and the daily briefing newsletters will cease.

TheDigitel began as a way to explore the future of local journalism, a future as a collaborative crowd-sourced effort that put the architecture of the web at the heart of the reading experience. That vision was partially realized but we weren’t able to furnish enough runway to truly get the idea to take off. Still, I’m very proud of what we did achieve, the voices we helped spread, and the relationships we fostered.

It was a great idea, great experience, and one that is close to my heart in its virtues and locals, but it’s time to free up efforts to focus on other ways to innovate.

Thanks to our readers, thanks twice over to contributors, and thrice to all those that personally dug in to push TheDigitel to be all it could.

Something to add? Would love to hear your thoughts: ken.hawkins@thedigitel.com.

— Ken Hawkins, May 13, 2017

The Citadel

 

About

Honor. Duty. Respect.
For the third consecutive year, The Citadel has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the top public college in the south for institutions granting up to a master's degree. While the internationally renowned South Carolina Corps of Cadets is the traditional centerpiece for our college, we also operate non-military degree and certification programs in The Citadel Graduate College and the Evening Undergraduate Studies program, which appeal to people interested in furthering their education or careers.

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Region: South Carolina, Charleston

Recent posts

12:18 pm on Tuesday January 31, 2017

Training to command the International Space Station: Meet Citadel alumnus and NASA astronaut, Col. Randy Bresnik

The Citadel is following the work of NASA astronaut, Col. Randy Bresnik (Citadel Class of 1989), and his upcoming mission, Expedition 52/53, from training, to launch, to his time commanding the International Space Station, until  he is safely back...
3:30 pm on Tuesday January 17, 2017

Meet the Beaufort County man leading the South Carolina Corps of Cadets

The almost 175-year-old military structure at The Citadel comprises much of what is essentially a leadership laboratory: the cadets manage the undergraduate student body called the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Cadets can work to attain a variety...
5:13 pm on Monday November 28, 2016

A Charleston Christmas tradition this Friday and Sunday

The Citadel’s 79th Christmas Candlelight Services will be held Friday Dec. 2, and Sunday Dec. 4. Both services begin at 7:30 p.m. at Summerall Chapel and seating is first come, first-served. There will not be a Saturday service this year due to a...
10:47 am on Monday November 28, 2016

Open call to artists: design contest for The Citadel's 175th anniversary celebration

The Citadel is issuing an open call to all artists for designs to be considered as the image that will commemorate the military college’s upcoming 175th anniversary. The milestone anniversary will be celebrated during the 2017-18 academic year. The...
3:47 pm on Thursday November 3, 2016

Honoring the achievements of African American and Female pioneer-cadets and alumni

The Citadel’s 2016 Homecoming weekend will kick off a number of special events being held in coming months to commemorate the 50th anniversary of African American cadets and the 20th anniversary of females in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets....
4:32 pm on Thursday October 20, 2016

Army ROTC at The Citadel celebrates 100 years of producing principled leaders

The Citadel marks its Army ROTC Centennial on Oct.  21, 2016 By Maj. Steve Smith, TAC officer and Citadel historian The Citadel applied to the U.S. Department of War in 1882, requesting that an Army officer be assigned to the college as Professor of...
4:02 pm on Friday September 30, 2016

Zucker Family School of Education introduces kids to artists and authors

CCSD students learn from well-known illustrator through Authors in Schools initiative As part of its literacy initiative, Authors in Schools, The Zucker Family School of Education hosted award-winning illustrator James Ransome at three local partner...
11:38 am on Monday September 5, 2016

Cadet James Durant representing SC in national “College Debate 2016”

 A first-of-its-kind, student-led initiative called College Debate 2016 (CD16) is underway to turn up the volume on student conversations about the presidential election. The Dominican University project is intended to compel millennials across...
4:46 pm on Monday August 15, 2016

U.S. military members among those now learning online from The Citadel

Members of the U.S. military living around the country or on installations overseas are among those registering for The Citadel Graduate College’s newly online masters' degrees and certificates, and undergraduate degrees. The non-cadet programs are...
3:40 pm on Tuesday August 9, 2016

The Citadel’s First Lady Encourages Year-Round Protection from Melanoma

Summer may be ending, but the risks of melanoma are not Cadets and students are returning to The Citadel’s iconic campus in Charleston where the sun shines bright and the temperatures stay warm long past the official end of summer on calendars. The...