What Are the Facts, Anyway?
In recent news, KeithOlbermann and Chris Matthews have been pulled from the anchor chairs for MSNBC’s election coverage. This comes shortly after the National Review’s cover story, “Barack Obama’s Pet...
View ArticleThe Global Clique
Originally purposed for MTV. This week’s piece is about seven young students. Not all Americans, but all in America. Stan’s parents are French. Benedict has lived in the States since ’98. Eliza is half...
View ArticleThe Tuesday Telemarketers
Here is my latest MTV story. Last weekend in DC, there was a sort of…”Last Call” party for Barack Obama. It was a massive phone banking telethon – designed by Obama’s national headquarters, organized...
View ArticleReporting Live from AP on Election Night
From the MTV News Press Release that went out yesterday ****UPDATE: Watch AP’s “BIG ISSUE: ELECTION RESULTS” LIVE web cast Election Night, starting at 7:00PM EST. Here’s the link:...
View ArticleStreet Team Final Video Favorites
It was certainly a historic election to cover, perhaps in ways I will only understand with time and reflection. Last night as I dozed off and looked over my video camera perched on my tripod, I thought...
View ArticleThe Street Team’s Real World: Paychecks Late Again
A year ago, I was hired to report on the election for MTV News as part of their Street Team ’08. I was thrilled – and so stoked that the Knight Foundation provided MTV with about $700,000 to run the...
View ArticleUpdate: The Street Team's Real World
Over the past 48 hours, a few things have progressed with what Ryan Tate of Gawker called the “Street Team Stipend Disaster.” First, the conversation over MTV not paying freelancers has gone viral –...
View ArticleNPR To Inaugural Bloggers: Max Out the Towers!
Yesterday one of my friends sent me a link from Google Reader. The story: “Help NPR Plan Our Social Media Activities for the Inauguration.” Read on to find out how you can help – or just be part of a...
View Articlenever before published: mtv application, journalism manifesto
So why publish my never-before-seen essays that landed me a job with MTV News? Paired with these essays and an intensive interview process, I somehow stood out in a pool of hundreds of applicants and...
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