About Go!
Iowa State University's Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE—say "See-tree") is publishing Go!. CTRE and the sponsors of Go! want to show teens and young adults the exciting possibilities for careers in transportation. Download a 2-page flyer about Go! (662 kb pdf).
Go! staff
- Marcia Brink is the executive editor. She helps determine each issue's theme and brainstorms article ideas. Her main job with Go! is keeping the prima donna editor in line. She's also the communications manager for CTRE.
- Michele Regenold is the editor. She decides what articles to include in each issue, she writes a lot of the articles, and she manages the Go! website. Besides being the editor of Go! (which is her favorite job ever), she's the web goddess at CTRE. Contact her at 515-296-0835 or editor@go-explore-trans.com.
- Alison Weidemann is the art director. She created much of Go!'s look and feel. She takes and chooses photos for Go!, and she's responsible for the Mystery Photo, which will be a regular department. She is also the head graphic designer at CTRE.
- Rebekah Bovenmyer is an editorial assistant. She writes assigned articles and helps with marketing. She is also a graduate student in English at Iowa State University.
- Mina Shin is a graphic designer. She helps design Go!'s look, creates the Flash images on the home page, and prepares photos for use in Go!. She is also the graphic designer for the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center.
Go! editorial board
The Go! staff gets feedback and suggestions from people in the transportation industry and in education. Our members include the following:
- Chris Anderson, Iowa Department of Transportation
- Mindy Carmichael, Associated General Contractors of Iowa
- Lisa Diercksen, college student
- Deb Gibson, Greenlee School of Journalism, Iowa State University
- Lowell Greimann, interim director of CTRE
- Megan Kroeger, high school student
- David Plazak, CTRE/Midwest Transportation Consortium
- Reg Souleyrette, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
- Jay Staker, Iowa State University Extension Science and Engeering Technology
- William Stowe, Iowa chapter of American Public Works Association
Contributor's guidelines
Go! is an online magazine for teens and young adults ages 14–20. The magazine covers transportation from all angles, from the infrastructure to the vehicles to the people behind the wheel—whether that “wheel” is on a car, truck, train, plane, or ship.
Accuracy is crucial. Writers are encouraged to use primary sources, including interviews with professionals in transportation. Writing should be lively, original, and teen friendly.
We will update our theme list for 2008–2009 later this summer. Please check back.
Pay rates
$0.25 per word in the final, edited copy and $25 per photo (jpg), payment on acceptance.
Rights
We purchase First World Electronic Rights and Archival Rights.
Teen POV (point of view) column
We encourage people ages 14 to 20 to submit personal essays or opinion pieces for the Teen POV column. Possible topics might be graduated drivers licenses, using a cell phone while driving, or anything else that affects young people and is related to transportation.
Deadline is the same as the query deadlines above. Length should be about 500 words. Submit your piece as a Word attachment to editor@go-explore-trans.com.
We'll pay $50 for each piece we publish. We'll also give you a Go! t-shirt.
Linking policy
We encourage links to this site, especially from schools, libraries, and transportation-related organizations. You're welcome to link to the home page, individual articles, and/or table of contents pages for specific issues. You do not need to ask permission to link.
Last updated: July 1, 2008