The New York Times has hired TVNewser blogger Brian Stelter, who rose to fame after he started the blog as a student at Towson University.
“So dedicated was Brian to his blog that he updated it – posting an item about NBC News – between interviews with Times editors in our building recently,” said his announcement letter.
Here’s an IM chat with Stelter about his decision and his thoughts on TV news and the internet.
The New York Times has hired TVNewser blogger Brian Stelter, who rose to fame after he started the blog as a student at Towson University.
“So dedicated was Brian to his blog that he updated it – posting an item about NBC News – between interviews with Times editors in our building recently,” said his announcement letter.
Here’s an IM chat with Stelter about his decision and his thoughts on TV news and the internet.
Among those that MediaBistro’s Laurel Toby says have expressed interest in the TVNewser job:
* a famous TV columnist with umpteen years of experience (that, incidentally, is to whom we were blindly referring above)
* an executive producer at MSNBC
* a business reporter at a major business web site
* the blogger for TVNewsLies.org
* a film executive (former TV guy)
* a senior producer at CBS
* one of MB’s other bloggers
* a former senior broadcast producer at ESPN: Cold Pizza
* a former managing editor of Cablevision
