I wrote some words on Medium about the election and trying to raise civically minded and responsible kids. TL;DR – it’s not easy. When I was young, political news and 60 Minutes sparked an interest in journalism that carried me through college and into a career in media. In addition to a newspaper internship, I […]
On bleeding purple (or why perhaps red is OK)
Mixed emotions for me — and anyone that ever worked at Yahoo — as Verizon has acquired most of the company, including the media properties in which I spent the most time (primarily with Y! News). They also get the ad business, which I’m also intimately familiar with, and much more. My Facebook feed is […]
On Patience, and Building Media Brands
Sarah Lacy wrote an article last week for her site, Pando Daily, that really struck a chord with me. Her point? That new media companies like Vice (and her own) are succeeding thanks to patient founders and slowly building audience and ad revenue thanks to maintaining a unique perspective and the continuous creation of great original content. […]
Side project: Listwatcher
For the past few years I’ve toyed with an idea to aggregate as many high quality Year in Review lists that I could find. As a former writer and editor of these lists, I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the things. They’re relatively easy to complete since any research and editorial is either internal […]
2013 Year in Review Lists in Review
I’ve had a Tumblr account for a long time but never had done anything with it. Guess I couldn’t think of anything worthy of tumbling. But every December I toy with an idea to aggregate as many Year in Review lists that I can find. As a former writer and editor of such lists, I’ve […]