CULTURAL HERITAGE IN UMBRIA: A GEOJOURNALISM EXPERIMENT

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Grace & Tom Blog Project is an initiative started in the Spring of 2018 by an American couple from Colorado and the Water Resources Research and Documentation Center (WARREDOC) from the University for Foreigners of Perugia, to merge cultural tourism storytelling with science and innovation.

The main purpose of the blog is to customize the user journey through:

  • Effective communication skills with a smart technological twist in the blog interface
  • Creation of digital maps to build knowledge from general to scientific content
  • Development of a glossary of words to explain in an easy-friendly way the terminology
  • Integration of citizen science components and open data to create a better user experience

The goal of the Grace & Tom Blog Project is to:

  • Highlight and promote the potential for Italian tourism – in particular, for the Perugia and Umbria regions.
  • Compare and contrast the Green Heart of Italy to the Heartland of America.
  • Highlight and promote WARREDOC activities and capabilities.
  • Create written and visual components that are fun and interesting for readers.