Today marks the launch of six GW Hatchet blogs. We’re having just a few technical issues this morning, but we’re working hard to get everything up and running. And of course, there will be additional features — and more blogs — in the coming days and weeks.

Here’s a brief run-down of our new online offerings:

• This blog, “2140 G”, named after the address of our townhouse office (2140 G Street NW). Editor in chief Jake Sherman and senior news editor Jess Calefati will try to keep readers abreast of what goes on inside the Hatchet, while I will do my best to inform readers of new and exciting things on gwhatchet.com. (We have a lot more planned this semester!)
• The news editors will staff “Newsroom“, which will be split into multiple categories and range from breaking news to our long-standing coverage of the Student Association, with Metro news and other news beats mixed in.
• “Backstage” is the new Art & Entertainment blog, run by arts editor Brendan Polmer and his contributing editors — you may want to check out his first post here.
• About a half-dozen former Hatchet editors who are studying abroad this semester are contributing each week to “Passports”. (Check it out here.)
• Our sports blog has returned with a new name, “Courtside”. And while that may have some connotations of being just basketball coverage, we’re hoping we can use Courtside to allow us to supplement our coverage of all 22 varsity sports at GW.
• You’ll have to check out “In Other News” for yourself.

And although it’s not a blog, don’t forget to check out multimedia editor Sam Salkin’s podcasts and videos portal at http://media.gwhatchet.com.On an administrative note, our blog commenting policy is still in effect, and it is available at http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/2140g/policy.

Please let us know what you think. Feel free to comment here or to any of the blogs’ introductory posts, or send us an e-mail at [email protected].