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Rachelle Hruska at Big Omaha 2010 |
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| Born | March 7, 1983 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Occupation | Co-founder, Editor-In-Chief, GuestofaGuest.com |
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Rachelle J. Hruska (born March 7, 1983)[1] is an American new media entrepreneur. After graduating from Creighton University in 2005, she moved to New York City where she worked in finance for 2.5 years, before co-founding GuestofaGuest.com, a new media website in May, 2007.[2] GuestofaGuest.com (GofG) chronicles the social and cultural lives of young New Yorkers.
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Hruska was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, by her parents, Ron and Robin Hruska. Her father is a physical therapist who is the founder of the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) in Lincoln, Nebraska, and her mother is a manager. Hruska attended Pius X High School in Lincoln, Nebraska before matriculating to Creighton University, where she studied psychology and pre-medicine.
Hruska serves as chief-editor for GuestofaGuest.com.[3] Since its inception, GofG has grown to include a picture database of people and events in New York City, launched a GuestofaGuest Hamptons website in the summer of 2008, and launched a daily newsletter] in the summer of 2009.[4]
In May 2009, the New York Post named Hruska "The Queen Bee" of the new wave of web scribes, noting GofG's "huge" readership (2 million page views a month), and its range from "uptown balls to charity benefits hosted by bloggers." Hruska told the Post "We [GofG] don't limit ourselves to any one given circle," and divulged that her secrets were "Making community members the celebrities" and "positive energy."[4]
Hruska has been a strong proponent of new media, believing it provides benefits that traditional media cannot. In March 2009, she told nightlife blogger Steve Lewis, "there's a need for the blog, people need their news faster than traditional media, and that it's more than a gossip site, my readers need to know what's going on in New York."[5]
In a June 7, 2007 New York Times article examining the media industry and its new trends, Hruska contemplated the idea of expanding GuestofaGuest.com into the print arena, "'I would never get my company involved in a print product,' she said over a Prince song. 'That is just a very expensive way of soothing your own ego and feeling important. I can't see any value in that.'"[6]