A Message to MPR Audiences
About MPR's New Home Page
From John Pearson, MPR Online Manager
June 19, 2001

Welcome to MPR's new home page—our first complete overhaul in five years!

Our priority in updating the page was to make it easier for you to access the information you're looking for. To do that, we put our search box and navigational pull-down menus at the top of the page and shortened other elements of the page to reduce the need to scroll.

The new home page is organized into five sections.

1. News: Stories and headlines from the MPR newsroom with links to active collections and recent projects
2. Music: Features by MPR music staff to expand your classical music enjoyment
3. Listening: What's playing on the air and on the Web, with links to stations and schedules
4. Your Voice: Links to active conversations in our interactive forums and the newsroom's Soapbox
5. Around MPR: Events, activities, promotions, and items of special interest to MPR's Web audience

The new MPR home page is the result of the efforts of many MPR staff members. Principal credit for the page goes to New Media art director Darby Laing, with the assistance of production supervisor Michael Wells, and writer Eric Walter. Also assisting were other members of the MPR New Media editorial and IT staffs.

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