Re: Following Project PM
Subject: Re: Following Project PM
From: Aaron Lovell <aaronlovell@gmail.com>
Date: 6/26/10, 22:07
To: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
CC: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>, Scott Mintz <scott.w.mintz@gmail.com>

Barrett and Clark --

Thanks for your email and the blog/login information -- I will look around and see where I may be able to contribute. In some ways, plans for the project remind me of Brijit.com, a startup I was involved with a few years ago:  http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-04/bz_curator

Regardless, thanks again for the information.
Best,
Aaron

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Aaron,

Here is a link to our group blog, http://workshoppm.blogspot.com/ , which is a forum for those of us interested in developing Project PM. I will also send you separately an invitation to author status on the blog, in case you would like to post to it.

If you click back to the older posts, you will find a list of links to various articles and blog posts Barrett has written which provide interesting background for the project.  A couple of these links also give a foretaste of his book coming out later this summer (it'll be obvious which ones).

We are also talking about applying the underlying concepts of Project PM to charitable work and to journalism about science, and some of the posts on the workshop blog relate to those sub-projects.

If you have ideas or questions don't hesitate to comment or post to the blog, or to interact by e-mail with Barrett, myself, or others in the group.  We have been paying attention to how we work as a group, and e-mail appears to be the interaction tool of choice for some of us.  I'd be glad to learn what your expertise and interests are, so we can consult you in those areas as we go along.


Clark Robinson
Chicago
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Thanks for getting in touch, Aaron. If you're interested in learning a bit more about Project PM or deciding how you might be able to participate either in a media context or simply by providing your insight regarding some of our open questions, let me know or talk to my associate Clark Robinson, whom I've cc'd on this e-mail and is helping to get everyone situated. Or, feel free to give me a call some time if you'd like the elevator pitch.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Aaron Lovell <aaronlovell@gmail.com> wrote:
Barrett --

I really enjoyed your takedown of Rick Lowry in VF. As a reporter in DC -- albeit one who covers policy and regulation and all that shit that no one understands but that actually matters -- I take heart in the idea that American journalism may one day move towards real reporting and away from parroting conventional wisom and rubbing shoulders.

Imagine if the energy of the pundits, the would-be pundits and the rest of the hacks in DC and beyond were focused on real reporting. Earlier today, an English colleague and I were talking about how different DC would be if people were less concerned with access and reverence and more with real reporting about things that affect our lives. The Hastings episode provides a lot of context to what a lot of people are thinking.

I'm looking forward to tracking Project PM and hope to one day even contribute somehow. It's important work.

Best,
Aaron