Re: Publicity re wikileaks

If you have a chance, take a look at Project PM and let me know what you think about the concept and if you might be interested in getting involved. Aside from bloggers, I'm setting up a separate network that would serve as a sort of legislative body to decide on various aspects of the project and otherwise collectively do what an executive would do, but with the advantages inherent to having a large number of people with various backgrounds, organized into a network that I think is an improvement over existing forms of collaboration.

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Ellanot Fitzgeralda <itzimportant@yahoo.com> wrote:

within (your text)

--- On Fri, 3/26/10, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Publicity re wikileaks
To: "Ellanot Fitzgeralda" <itzimportant@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, March 26, 2010, 6:53 PM

>Ellanot-

[silly alias, of course]

>Thanks for getting in touch and for your efforts in advancing this story. >I've already posted it at Huffington Post, for which I write regularly,

great

>and have sent out queries to several publications as of last night. I >will also contact the other sites you mention. If you happen to know of >any others in addition, please go ahead and contact them on my behalf.

Did you see the suggestion by geomoo in your DK diary? He suggests arranging your diary so that the updates are at the foot, so whatever you originally had to say is easy to find.
a) It's DK tradition, that updates are at the foot
b) He's totally correct that a winning formula is having the body of text that explains the issue easy to find, and at the top.

[I write and edit....]

>Thanks again,

You're most kindly welcome,

Allison In Seattle on DK

>Barrett BrownBrooklyn, NY512-560-2302

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Ellanot Fitzgeralda <itzimportant@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a bit of correspondence history with Tom of www.TomDispatch.com , and with Juan Cole. I sent them leaks to your site's story on the Wikileak attacks. I will tip Marcy Wheeler of EmptyWheel. (spin-off of FireDogLake.) (If she likes it, then I'd guess FDL will know about it.)

May I suggest that you write a "normal news" (professionally written type) article for submission to:

www.CommonDreams.org

www.truthout.org

huffington post

I think that even if you just succeed in getting published on CommonDreams, the other two may pick it up. Oh, and you might also send CrooksandLiars.com a link to your article. I think they do all their own writing.

If you get that "normal news" type article written, perhaps good to send to Keith O and Rachel M. And/or put a call-out in your next DK diary that people notify them.

Not that you have nothing else to do, so forgive me if this seems like I'm trying to use you as a remote-control robot. My intention is to work the contacts I have myself, and to send ideas to you, which you may or may not already have had.

I found out about this due to your original article on your site, someone else sent me the link. Thank you for that.