My first Salon essay: An Ivory Tower piece about summer internships.
In the days before it went mainstream and lost its soul, Salon broke new ground in online journalism with its combination of smart writing and serious journalism. Over a three and a half year period, I contributed reported pieces, essays, and briefs to the Arts and Entertainment, Technology, People, Books, and Ivory Tower sections.
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- Home decorating and other lies [behind the scenes of TLC’s “Trading Spaces”] / 11.26.02
- Whither reality TV? [television’s future post-Sept. 11, 2001] / 10.3.01
- “The Real World” refuses to grow up [a look at 10 years of MTV’s “The Real World”] / 7.3.01
- Don’t call it a comeback [representation of African Americans in prime-time] / 5.23.01
- What about laughs? [review of ABC’s “What About Joan”] / 3.27.01
- The ratings game [Arbitron’s ratings] / 11.27.00
- Boo! [review of MTV’s “Fear”] / 10.27.00
- Miss America or Miss ABC? / 10.17.00
- “Big Brother,” meet “Survivor”; “Survivor,” meet “The Real World” / 7.12.00
- Failing is fun! [review of startupfailures.com] / 5.9.00
- Geek love [fans try to save “Freaks & Geeks”] / 4.20.00
- Who really killed the radio star? [MTV’s millionth video] / 3.1.00
- Alpha Male Epsilon [essay on frat boy culture] / 2.23.00 (letters to the editor)
- Will success spoil Janeane Garofalo? / 1.26.00
- Is being addicted a choice? / 1.10.00
- View from the Top: Market Makers [interview with Peapod’s founders] / 1.10.00
- Obit: Mary Kay Bergman / 11.19.99
- Who surfs to be a millionaire? [review of iwon.com] / 11.16.99
- The Web’s plagiarism police / 6.14.99
- Internship hell / 2.17.99
- “Felicity” points to the Web / 2.12.99