She’s back! Janice Ellis’ RiseUp goes digital

RiseUp, the ill-fated newspaper insert devoted to matters of diversity, has found new life on the Web.

Five stories went live today on RiseUp‘s new online home. The magazine’s mission is “to engage the American public in a conversation about race, ethnicity, and culture, in order that we might come to a greater understanding of and respect for each other.”

Janice Ellis, who ran for mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, in 2007, founded and publishes RiseUp. Prior to running for mayor, Ellis headed the local nonprofit Partnership for Children.

For Ellis, the transition from administrator to publisher has been awkward at best.