Writings, etc.

These are various writings I have done relating to media and technology. My email address is municipalist (at) municipalist (dot) com.

How frozen peas started a movement
One woman's 'tweets' about her cancer
inspire a social media phenomenon
Washington Post
2008
[The Post also placed the article here;
Free registration required to open Post files.
I also posted the story on municipalist.com here,
with link to a podcast in which I participated.]

Blogs encourage hometown input
Activists in Loudoun County, Va. set out to
impact their community using the Web
Washington Post
2006
[Local version here]

My wiki, wiki ways
The Los Angeles Times risks engaging
its readers directly using the Web
National Journal
2005
[pdf]

A year of drama for editorial cartoonists
They are in the news themselves more than ever.
And why do members of Congress care so much?
National Journal
2003

Media: MSNBC bets on blogging
Goodbye random discussion boards.
Hello Andrew Sullivan and Eric Alterman
National Journal
2002