diff --git a/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
   </p>
 
   <p>
+    <b>Notes</b> (shown internally, used to organize announcements)<br />
+    <%= f.text_field :notes %>
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
     <b>Body</b><br />
     <%= f.text_area :body %>
   </p>
diff --git a/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
@@ -6,19 +6,30 @@
 
 <%= link_to 'New announcement', new_announcement_path %>
 
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <th>Title</th>
-    <th>Body</th>
+<table class="info">
+  <tr class="info-head">
+    <th>Updated</th>
+    <th>Announcement</th>
     <th>Author</th>
-    <th>Published</th>
+    <th>Published</th>  
+    <th></th>
+    <th></th>
+    <th></th>
   </tr>
 
 <% for announcement in @announcements %>
-  <tr>
+  <tr class="info-<%= cycle 'odd', 'even' %>">
     <% @announcement = announcement %>
-    <td><%=h announcement.title %></td>
-    <td><%=h announcement.body %></td>
+    <td><%= time_ago_in_words announcement.updated_at %></td>
+    <td>
+      <% if !announcement.title.blank? %>
+        <b>Title:</b> <%=h announcement.title %><br/>
+      <% end %>
+      <% if !announcement.notes.blank? %>
+        <b>Notes: <%=h announcement.notes %></b><br/>
+      <% end %>
+      <%=h announcement.body %>
+    </td>
     <td><%=h announcement.author %></td>
     <td><%= in_place_editor_field :announcement, :published, {}, :rows => 1 %></td>
     <td><%= link_to 'Show', announcement %></td>
diff --git a/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
   </p>
 
   <p>
+    <b>Notes</b> (shown internally, used to organize announcements)<br />
+    <%= f.text_field :notes %>
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
     <b>Body</b><br />
     <%= f.text_area :body %>
   </p>
diff --git a/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
+  <b>Notes:</b>
+  <%=h @announcement.notes %>
+</p>
+
+<p>
   <b>Body:</b>
   <%=h @announcement.body %>
 </p>
diff --git a/db/migrate/20100506163112_add_notes_to_announcements.rb b/db/migrate/20100506163112_add_notes_to_announcements.rb
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20100506163112_add_notes_to_announcements.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddNotesToAnnouncements < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :announcements, :notes, :string
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :announcements, :notes
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100328123325) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100506163112) do
 
   create_table "announcements", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "author"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     t.boolean  "frontpage",    :default => false
     t.boolean  "contest_only", :default => false
     t.string   "title"
+    t.string   "notes"
   end
 
   create_table "configurations", :force => true do |t|
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 tr.info-odd {
   background: #eeeeee; }
 tr.info-even {
-  background: #f9f9f9; }
+  background: #fcfcfc; }
 
 .infobox {
   background: #eeeeff;
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     background: #eeeeee
 
   &.info-even
-    background: #f9f9f9
+    background: #fcfcfc
 
 =basicbox
   background: #eeeeff