diff --git a/site/_posts/2015-01-24-jekyll-3-0-0-beta1-released.markdown b/site/_posts/2015-01-24-jekyll-3-0-0-beta1-released.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28d4948a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/_posts/2015-01-24-jekyll-3-0-0-beta1-released.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+layout: news_item
+title: 'Jekyll 3.0.0.beta1 Released'
+date: 2015-01-24 00:42:31 -0800
+author: parkr
+version: 3.0.0.beta1
+categories: [release]
+---
+
+Hey!
+
+Exciting news! First beta for Jekyll 3 is out. Check out the [sizable
+changelog](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/blob/v3.0.0.beta1/History.markdown#head)
+to get a feel for what changes are afoot. Key features:
+
+1. **Speed.** Jekyll now features incremental regeneration and greatly
+   improved problematic code that caused slow-downs.
+2. **Reduced dependencies.** Hate installing 20 gems every time you want
+   Jekyll? Us too. So we stripped it down to 5 -- the bare essentials.
+3. Gobs of bugfixes and customization.
+4. Uniformity and sanity to Jekyll extensions of Liquid.
+
+Future versions will include [some awesome new
+features](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/3324) that we haven't
+built yet. If you see one you want to tackle, submit a PR & you'll be
+featured in the Jekyll 3.0 release post as a contributor to that epic
+release.
+
+Please file bugs as you encounter them, being sure to include your version
+of Ruby, the Jekyll version, and (if possible) a link to your site so we
+can reproduce.
+
+If you think there's room for improvement in the UX, also do let us know.
+We're always looking to make Jekyll easier to use!
+
+Happy Jekylling!