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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

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Andy Dehnart, photographed by Kellie Warren, March 2019

Hi! I'm Andy, a writer and teacher who obsessively and critically covers reality TV and unscripted entertainment, focusing on how it’s made and what it means. Learn more about me.

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