The Columbia Journalism Review finally came to its senses and realized it can’t survive without my work. …Sorta.
On Wednesday, a personal essay of mine was featured on the CJR Web site.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will be named Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate, a high-ranking source in the administration told the Patriot-News.
That was my lede after being tricked into believing Rendell was Obama’s No. 2 man by a famed newsroom of top-flight state government correspondents in the Harrisburg state capital.
This isn’t the story of the Pennsylvania governor being named Obama’s running mate. This is the story of how the economy is in free fall, newspapers are on life-support, and yet they still can’t get rid of me. Read the rest here.
Go read the story and comment there! Spread the word and show interest in the story.
Below see some portions of the story I cut.
Continue reading CJR: How Vice President Rendell makes me want to be a journalist