Adding to the plethora of changes at Greeley West, the West Word wants to announce that they have officially gone digital. As the modern day focuses on technology, it is clear that the most effective way to get information to people is through the internet.

In previous years, the West Word has printed out paper issues of the newspaper every two weeks, each issue costs $140 to print. The goal is to also cut down on the cost to put out the news. For the year of 2015-2016 it cost the paper $700 to create a website to publish the most recent news. After this year, the cost cuts down to being $300 each year after that. Of course the paper edition will also come in the following years, but instead of publishing every two weeks, the staff will be publishing paper editions of the newspaper each month.

With technology at our fingertips this was not only a financially smart decision, but also a great way to get the community to be an active part of Greeley West. The website was established from donations as it is a self-funding newspaper. Next year the goal is to have the newspaper completely funded by ad sales both online and in print.

The West Word is eager to hear comments and encourage people to interact and give feedback about the website and stories that are published. In addition to commenting, any reader is welcome to participate in the poll charts that will be continually updated.

This is the day of technology and the West Word is doing all it can to become the quickest way to find out what’s going on at Greeley West High School. To get the quickest updates you can follow the West Word on Twitter at @GWWestword.

“The move to a digital format will hopefully get credible news out to the student body in a manner that is efficient and easy,” West Word advisor Mr. Dave Falter said.

“Twitter and Facebook are great social media sights that typically don’t provide accurate news. Our staff will work to be accountable for reporting real news and providing the student body a forum to discuss it,” Falter added.