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Could it be a matter of time before Rhode Island becomes home to a solely Web-based news organization that carries on the mission of print newspapers? Blogs such as RI's Future and Anchor Rising (and your humble blogger) cover some of this territory...
Earlier this year, in a story on the RI blogosphere , I broke the news that my friend Matt Jerzyk plans to sell his groundbreaking blog, Rhode Island's Future . The details remain to be revealed, but Matt now says he has an agreement in place . What...
Last week, as many Americans were celebrating the victory of Barack Obama, Heather Klink and a group of her classmates at Roger Williams University staged a vigil to protest the continued imprisonment of the Egyptian blogger known as Kareem Amer . Klink...
Kos today takes some justifiable pride in the accuracy of his own presidential forecast : R2K Actual Presidential vote: 51-46 52.6-46.1 Congressional vote: D+9 D+8.38 As much as people complained that R2K was too Obama-friendly, turned out it wasn't...
I was going to include Nate Silver's name in the headline for this post, but he's better known by his Web site, FiveThirtyEight.com , which -- with good reason -- has become a sensation this campaign season. Here (h/t Romenesko ) is part of the...
This question was the subject of a discussion yesterday (h/t Romenesko ) between Andrew Sullivan , Tina Brown , and Nicholas Lemann on WBUR's On Point . I haven't yet had a chance to give it a listen, but the show consistently hits a high mark...
The blogosphere , of course. And echoing Matt's crit of a piece in today's ProJo, Portfolio (h/t Romenesko ) reports that the liberal side of the Interwebz is outdrawing its conservative counterpart: It's Arianna's election; the rest of...
Changes are inevitable as the Rhode Island blogosphere moves forward. Blogs will continue to take up part of the slack created by the ProJo's retreat. Some journalists will wrest with the balance between blogging and other demands. And some blogs...
Matt's been on a roll, breaking some news over at RI's Future, and he's got a look at his top-10 legislative races : (1) Deb Ruggiero - One of the state's top women's rights activists is battling a 28-year Republican incumbent, Bruce...
With the ProJo bleeding news jobs , blogs and bloggers have a more important role to play in Rhode Island. Yesterday's Sunday ProJo had some good stories, including Jennifer Jordan's report on the state's shrinking support for higher education...
Deadline constraints have delayed my blogging today. To tide you over, here's a post from Matt on five of the top General Assembly races he'll be keeping a close eye on this fall: 1. Chris Fierro - Fierro is running for State Representative in...
The blogosphere and politics are merging in Cranston, with Kiersten signing on with Cynthia Fogarty's Democratic mayoral campaign. The Fogarty for Mayor campaign is pleased to announce that it has hired Kiersten Marek as its campaign coordinator....
Speaking of mayors past and present, Kiersten has an interview with Cranston mayoral candidate Cynthia Fogarty , and she plans more coverage: Please watch the interview to learn how Cindy will handle our city's affairs and forward it to other Cranston...
Kudos and congrats to PDDoser and nightlife denizen Eric Smith, who is up with Pulp Addict , his new book-related blog. Here's part of the raison d'etre, as we say in literary circles. Welcome to Pulp Addict, humbly operated out of Book By Book...
There's a symbiotic -- or is it parasitic? -- relationship between old and new media. Either way, the AP has some concerns. Via the NYT : The Associated Press, one of the nation’s largest news organizations, said that it will, for the first time,...
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