Former Deadspin staffer Greg Howard, now a David Carr Fellow at The New York Times Magazine, published his first piece today, about the low odds of activist DeRay Mckesson’s bid for mayor of Baltimore. Read it here.
Goodbye Leah Beckmann, Our Intern From Heaven
On May 5, 2010, Gawker received an unsolicited intern application letter from a woman who billed herself as “The (Potential) Intern From Heaven?” Her name was Leah Beckmann.
Sarah Ellison Banned from WSJ Press Conference
In your indignant Wednesday media column: yet another example of the WSJ's determined surliness, big media buys cheap ass stories, the battle for control of the doomed Philly papers, and Alex Pareene is somewhere else now.
Tionna Smalls All Up on VH1
The long-awaited VH1 show starring former Gawker columnist Tionna Smalls is set to premier soon! It's called "What Chilli Wants," and the answer is apparently "To be told what's up, by Tionna Smalls." Congrats to all. Click to watch!
Put Some Damn Pants On Already!
We haven't done one of these alumni reports in a while, so why not? Today we have Defamer's former founding editor scoring a new gig and a former Gawker editor imploring her freelancing colleagues to put some pants on.
Ana Marie Cox to Air America
Original Wonkette Ana Marie Cox has landed a gig at Air America radio. Maybe all those appearances on the Rachel Maddow Show finally paid off. With a job!
Life Beyond Blogging
Former Gawker editor Choire Sicha is now—for New Year's Eve at least—MSNBC's expert on the Obama girls.
Shnayerson On Blogging
Former Gawker writer Maggie Shnayerson, she of the actual journalistic skills and a keen eye for talent to boot, reflects on the glorious life of a professional blogger life in a new interview: "Seriously, imagine being strapped to a laptop set to explode if you step away from it. Someone is standing over your…
The Mysterious Alex Balk Disease
"Serge Hefez, a practicing psychiatrist, has identified a new mental illness among bloggers: obsessive Balkosis, an unhealthy fascination with the Radar Online Executive Editor, Alex Balk."
If One Could Stop The Internet
"Formerly anonymous blog commentors would have to say their piece out loud, face to face." [Emily Gould's fantasy, in the New York Observer]
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
BREAKING UPDATE: DOREE BOUGHT JOSH THE FATEFUL CLAFOUTIS. OR HALF OF IT ANYWAY. [The Doree Chronicles, Related, Previously]
Former Gawker Ed Victim Of Media Circus
Why won't THE MSM leave Choire Sicha's liquor store ALONE! [Radar]
