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.
- 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 Disney? / 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
- Will success spoil Janeane Garofalo? / 1.26.00
- Is being addicted a choice? / 1.10.00
- 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