Category: Media
Posted on October 15, 2016
Parenting through this crazy election
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… Read More
Updated on July 27, 2016
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… Read More
Posted on September 9, 2014
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… Read More
Posted on April 7, 2014
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… Read More
Posted on December 16, 2013
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… Read More