In a continuing effort to improve the product we provide to the community, the Justice is debuting several new services this semester. Our completely redesigned Web site (www.thejusticeonline.com) will allow the Justice to follow the rest of the media industry in shifting its editorial focus online. The Web site is more interactive and user-friendly than before, and includes podcasts and an article-comments feature that will allow every story to act as an instant forum for community discussion. We will also regularly break stories online between issues, and improvements to the Web site will continue throughout the semester.

Starting in October, issues of the Justice will be available in stainless steel newspaper boxes and racks throughout campus and Waltham.

Also this semester, the Justice will join a very small number of newspapers by having a readers' representative, commonly referred to as an ombudsman. Prof. Maura Farrelly (AMST), the new director of the journalism program, will write regular columns critiquing and evaluating various aspects of the Justice's journalistic performance. Her columns will never be edited for content, nor will she be given guidelines for subject matter, providing a separated and external check on our credibility.