People’s Republic of Lindsay Toler

Student journalist Lindsay Toler recently appeared before millions of viewers on Dialogue, a China Central Television news program hosted by Yang Rui, the Larry King of China. The 21-year-old Dallas resident recently marked her 30th day of blogging from Beijing, just as an estimated 30,000 journalists from around the world are starting to arrive for the Summer Olympics. Three words: Access trumps experience. Five more: The messenger is the media.