• Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear

    That 16-year-old TechCrunch writer with 120,000 Twitter followers, who we wrote about yesterday, is part of a burgeoning child punditocracy. Children are operating in virtually every facet media — and doing so successfully. Fear for your job.

    Here's a rundown of some of the more promising names in child-labor media. Some of the names will probably look familiar to you, since these kids are famous. Far more famous than most media hacks. In other words, they're coming for your job, loudly.

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    By Ryan Tate
    Nov 6, 2009 2:23 PM 22,869
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    Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear

    The Lil' Food Critic

    Name: David Fishman

    Age: 12

    Summary: Aspiring food critic profiled in the New York Times; his Upper West Side New York tablehopping has been optioned by Lorne Michaels for a movie.

    More: "As I left, I knew that soon enough this would be one of the most ‘hip' places in the city."

    (Image via Rachel Ray)

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