| Subject: Re: Wikileaks raid |
| From: Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> |
| Date: 4/1/10, 01:41 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
Also, Juan Cole finally got back in touch with me today, asked me to resend the info I have in a week or so when he's got more time, so I think we've got him (some of the design of the network is such that it addressed certain negative tendencies regarding communities like reddit, and we're developing add-on features to make research easier and less time-consuming as he'd mentioned that this sort of thing would interest him). Also recruited a few other media people, including someone who quit MTV out of disgust and who studied both media theory and history in college; I'll probably be putting her in charge of communications so you'll probably be hearing from her later on.Thanks again for all those names and e-mails; I'll go after them all as soon as I reach a lull; people just keep doing stupid shit on the internet that I feel compelled to write about. Don't know if you saw my latest T/S post, but one fellow actually attacked LL Cool J for, I guess, pointing out that Fox misrepresented his association with the Palin show. He also accidentally attacked a great number of his fellow Palindrones for having understandably gotten the impression that Cool J would be talking to Palin, by attacking "the press" for stupidly believing that thing that was obviously intended to be believed and which everyone thus believed. Really among the stupidest shit I've ever seen, and I sat that after having been called a racist by a conservative blogger because - seriously - I have fair hair and kin. Seriously. Another Palin supporter, of course.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:Allison-Thank for all of this; I appreciate it, will get in touch with all these folks soon.On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:
Apologies - Keep thinking of people as I sit here. Johann Hari is an amazing journalist. Jamie and I just interviewed him again (for the second time) for our radio show. He writes on a wide range of issues, and it's always, always brilliant. He's very accessible via Facebook or email (johann@johannhari.com), and he's a super nice guy, to boot.
Also, Melissa Harris-Lacewell is very good. She primarily writes on race and has been on Maddow a bunch. We've had her on the show, as well.On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:
Also, I don't know if he's "landable", but Nir Rosen is one of the only Middle East journalists who actually interviews real life Iraqis to get their take on this whole occupation business. While all the great armchair generals kept speculating (wrongly) about everything, Nir was pretty much right every step of the way. He'd be a valuable addition.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:Thanks, I appreciate that info, will get in touch with all of them as soon as possible. Crazy about the NYT and the huge payments, too.On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't have contact info for these bloggers, but they're part of my daily rotation: Max Blumenthal, Digby, Howie Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Jonathan Shwarz, Andrew Cockburn, all the fellas at Media Matters, ditto for Crooks and Liars, Liliana Segura (one of the main Alternet people. She's my go-to editor for submissions there, and she's a great journalist, too. Her email is: lsegura@gmail.com), Chris Hedges (and everyone at Truthdig), Douglas Haddow (he's more a cultural writer than an investigative journalist, but he writes beautifully if you're interested in going that direction), all the folk at TomDispatch, Wired's Threat Level, Pam Spaulding, Spencer Ackerman, and really any of the FDL folk (Blue Texan, David Dayen, etc.), Kevin Drum, Juan Cole, and Atrios (not for investigative journalism, but for wonderful haiku-like snark), and the Adbusters crew are the shit.
Also -- this is a long shot (they're near to impossible to contact,) but you could try Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Juan is actually a great under-exposed journalist. He just blew open the story about NY paying 230 consultants $722M per year for a computer project that is now 7 years behind schedule.
(Sorry for any repeats. I don't remember who I included on the other lists I sent you).On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Huh, I didn't know Greenwald covered it too. He never ceases to impress. Actually, I e-mailed him about Project PM a couple weeks back but never heard back, so I just left a message on his Facebook page and pointed out that all the cool kids are doing it, dropped yours and Hasting's names, etc. Really hoping to get him on board, as he's my absolute favorite blogger and of course would be in a position to encourage others to join up. Speaking of which, have you given any thought to which other bloggers might be worthwhile recruits? We could really use a few more people before launch rather than after such that they'll be able to help promote/link to the manifesto when it appears and assist in making that appearance more widely-seen.Also, this might be useful for you - editorial contact info for over a dozen major publications. My mommy compiled it for me recently (she's an editor herself); some of these aren't available on the pub websites or print editions. GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!
The DailyBeast
Jane Spencer, managing editor
jane.spencer@thedailybeast.com
New York Times
FIONA SPRUILL Editor, Web Newsroom
Time, Inc.
John Huey, Editorial Director
john_huey@timeinc.com
The Economist
Edward Carr, Senior Editor (he had run an ad last fall looking for writers!)
Tom Easton, NY Bureau Chief
Roger McShane, Political Editor (for your book?)
(Mr.) Adrian Woolridge, World Affairs Editor
Rachel Horwood, Washington Bureau Chief
Time, Inc.
Rick Stengel, Managing Editor
John Huey, Editorial Director
john_huey@timeinc.com
Lev Grossman, Book Critic FOR YOUR NEW BOOK
New York Times
FIONA SPRUILL Editor, Web Newsroom
fiona@nytimes.com
The DailyBeast
**New names:
Jane Spencer, managing editor
jane.spencer@thedailybeast.com
Henry Seltzer, home page editor
henry.seltzer@thedailybeast.com
Bryan Curtis, senior editor
bryan.curtis@thedailybeast.com
Senior editor Nicholas Wapshott
nicholas.wapshott@thedailybeast.com
Edward Felsenthal, executive editor
edward.felsenthal@thedailybeast.com
Will Doig, formerly of Nerve.com
Gawker.com
**New:
Gabriel Snyder, editor in chief
The New Yorker
**New:
Blake Eskin, web editor
Daniel Zalewski, features editor
Susan Morrison, articles editor
Rolling Stone
**New Name:
Abbey Goodman, executive website editor, over Caryn Ganz
Caryn Ganz deputy website editor
Eric Bates, senior editor
eric.bates@rollingstone.com
Jason Fine, senior editor
jason.fine@rollingstone.com
The Nation
**New:
Emily Douglas, website editor
John Palattella, literary editor maybe hell feature your new book!
New York Observer
**Updated:
John Vorwald ***Senior Web Editor
jvorwald@observer.com
Barry Lewis, VP, Web Editor
blewis@observer.com
Hillary Frey
hfrey@observer.com
The Atlantic
**Updated contacts:
Bob Cohn, editorial director theatlantic.com
Sage Stossel ***Editor of The Atlantic online, also a political cartoonist.
Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, senior editor - website
Harpers
**New contacts:
Ben Metcalf, literary editor
Jennifer Szalai, senior editor
Bill Wasik, senior editor
Luke Mitchell, senior editor
Esquire
Eric Gillin - *** Website editor, hired in 2009 to make the online version more hip.
Mark Warren, executive editor
mwarren@hearst.com
John Kenney, managing editor
Vanity Fair
Wayne Lawson, Literary Editor for the magazine
wayne_lawson@condenast.com
Jane Sarkin, Features Editor for the magazine
jane_sarkin@condenast.com
Michael Hogan, Online Editor
mhogan@vf.com
Mother Jones
Monika Bauerlein
bauerlein@motherjones.com - sent
Clara Jeffery
Michael Mechanic
The Economist
John Micklethwait
johnmicklethwait@economist.com
John Parker
johnparker@economist.com
New York Daily News
Adam Berkowitz **Online Editor
aberkowitz@edit.nydailynews.com sent
David Ng, Executive Editor
dng@nydailynews.com
Orla Healy, Features
ohealy@nydailynews.com
New York Post
Kristin Boehm, Web Editor
webeditor@nypost.com
Newsday
Dennis Elder, Website Editor
delder@newsday.com sent
Details
Erica Cerulo, ***Online Editor
erica.cerulo@fairchildpub.com
Greg Williams
gregory_williams@condenast.com
Katherine Wheelock
katherine_wheelock@condenast.com
Texas Tribune.org
Eileen D. Smith, Website Editor
Brian D. Sweany, Deputy Editor
Jake Silverstein, Editor
Texas Monthly
Eileen D. Smith, Website Editor
Brian D. Sweany, Deputy Editor
Jake Silverstein, Editor
D Magazine
Krista Nightengale managing editor
kristan@dmagazine.com or knightengale@dmagazine.com
**Send to both email addresses!
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:Yeah, I know you're right and I'm being an irrational baby. I'm sure I'll eventually swallow my pride and go back to Huffpost and start up my diary at DK again.
BTW: Don't think I gave you proper props for the Wikileaks coverage. I saw people linking to your and Greenwald's coverage of it in a few places. Good work
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:Yeah, I've had run-ins over there on a couple of occasions; it's like any mob. But the primaries are over, and things have calmed down. Consider this - a lot of the recommended diaries are nonsense rants about bullshit and otherwise worthless, whereas your commentary, which is more wonkish than most, could help at least a bit in changing the culture there by example, as well as expanding your ability to get the topics you're covering - which of course aren't being covered widely enough - out to a wider audience. I was able to get the Wikileaks story covered by more outlets largely by way of Kos, as of course lots of media folks scan the recommended diaries there for topics. Just something to consider, anyway; you can always cross-post at HuffPo and Kos with a link back to your True/Slant piece at the end like I do and thereby come out ahead.But, yeah, to reiterate, I've got nothing but contempt for a lot of those douchebags. The shit they vote to the top is usually ridiculous.On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:
Great news about Hastings. I don't have particularly fond memories of Kos, since I was practically chased out of the place by zealot Obamaniacs early in the election year for suggesting he might sell out Democrats and the black community. Actually, I think I posted something called "Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson's Drunken One Night Stand." No one was happy.
Of course, they're much more reasonable now that shit has died down and they see he's a centrist pragmatist and not the liberal messiah. Glad they've come around.
I've sort of excommunicated myself from blogs that aren't True/Slant, which I know is absolutely a retarded strategy and a great way to diminish my reach, but I'm sick of these huge blogs (Kos, Huffpost) basically making a profit from our free content. Naturally, I don't count Project PM in that group, since I view PM as a journalistic endeavor and a way to enhance our respective content.
This turned in a cathartic bitchfest and I didn't mean for that to happen. Sorry. Hastings sounds like a catch (always good to get the burned ones fresh from the belly of the beast).On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:Hi, Allison-Good news; just spent an hour on the phone with Michael Hastings, who served as Newsweek's Baghdad correspondent for a number of years and who's about to head over to Afghanistan for GQ and other pubs (and who also writes for True/Slant). He's very enthusiastic about Project PM and has agreed to join up. When he left Newsweek, he did a great piece on how much it sucks, and is basically on the same page as us in terms of media dynamics in particular, so he'll be a great asset.Also, we now have our own senior security analyst/global risk assessor/architecture developer with 15 years experience advising governments and companies on such things; recruited her the other day when I had a cross-post at Daily Kos go to the top of the recommended list (it was on Wikileaks, which finally got some coverage).Do you cross-post at Kos at all? It's a pretty good way to reach seasoned activists and readers in general, even if the place is often wacky.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:
Good to hear.On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
I appreciate that. They just put out a press release which I've now posted; seems like they're all fine for now.On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0p