| Subject: Re: lol |
| From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| Date: 10/17/09, 11:35 |
| To: Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> |
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Karen Lancaster
<lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow, you ARE quite the investigative journalist.
Let me see the VF piece when you're done? They usually do the title, right? But I think your idea of "the downfall of a far-right blogger" or "racism is alive and well in the right-wing blogosphere" or something headline-grabbing would make it very web-clicky. Using his name Robert Stacy McCain I don't think is a good enough hook to get mainstream readers to look at it -- you have to be a little more sensational in your titles, even ones that you pitch to VF who you know will probably change it.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Barrett Brown
<barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, not going to do the Vanderbilt story for a while, want to talk to a couple more people and get all these notes in order, might not even do it until I finish my book. Almost done with VF article. Also, I talked to that provost last night and got some damning stuff.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Karen Lancaster
<lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting.
But you're writing two pieces, right?
The first original piece you pitched to VF, then an additional piece about the Vanderbilt story?