10 Things I Learned About Being Young in New York (Gawker)
Tongue ‘n’ cheek, obviously (or not so obviously?).
Coincidentally, this morning I also drew up a list of “Things People Have Called Me on the Internet.” I’m thinking this piece will give me lots of fresh content to add to that list. Each name usually includes some variation of ’self-entitled,’ since that’s the automatic insult for all NYC students. On the whole, I will admit that I feel entitled to call myself self-entitled (meta?).
Princetonian Op-Ed Plays the Rape Blame Game (NYU Local)
Epic (and depressing) comment thread alert.
NYU and New York Times Collaborate on East Village Local Blog (NYU Local)
I’ve been working really hard on this secret project, and finally last week we got to announce it publicly. NYU and the NYT have partnered to launch a hyperlocal blog catering to East Village neighborhood news, and I’m incredibly excited to be a contributing staff editor and developer with the project. Aside from the fact that the launch has (as expected) experienced a rather polarizing reception, I think that the team of people tasked with this mission are well-abled for the work, and can hopefully provide the kind of comprehensive (but fun and interesting!) community news platform East Village residents need and deserve. This project is especially close to my heart, mostly because it combines a ton of my interests (hyperlocal journalism, the East Village, community reporting, citizen journalism, etc.) into one awesome blog. I could continue to gush, but I should probably stop until we at least beta-launch (hopefully within the next month or so); we have a lot to prove–to the community, to the impressive and well-established blogs that have already been successfully reporting EV news, and even to ourselves. It’s been a ton of work so far, and it will probably only get harder from here, but I think in the end it will be well worth the time and energy.