Viva La Cola!

Founded in January 2009, PubliCola is a blog about Seattle written by journalists who are dedicated to non-partisan, original daily reporting that prioritizes a balanced approach to news. Started by longtime local editor and award-winning reporter Josh Feit, PubliCola is the first online-only news site in state history to get media credentials to cover the state capitol.

PubliCola was off and running. In June 2009, PubliCola hired another award-winning journalist, super-sourced Seattle city hall reporter Erica C. Barnett.

People were afraid that blogging would change journalism. Instead, we believe journalism can change blogging. Twenty-first century journalism may look and feel different, and yes Erica isn't afraid to get cranky, but we're committed to making sure online news still delivers independent, reliable, even-keeled coverage. And most of all, we're committed to making sure the coverage sparks honest civic debate.

Bringing you cola for the people, PubliCola is named after Publius Valerius PubliCola, the alias for the authors of the Federalist Papers—the original bloggers.

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The first online-only news site in state history to get media credentials to cover the state capitol and Seattle city hall, PubliCola has been called a “must-read” by the Seattle Post Intelligencer and a hot “New Media Mover and Shaker” by Seattle Magazine—which also cited our own Erica C. Barnett as the city's No. 1 news nerd.

Editor's Comment

News   July 22, 2009 at 9:09 am Josh Feit

The site has been fat with comments lately. Thanks for all the great debates. And thanks for keeping it kosher. You guys zing us a lot, and you certainly get bitchy, but the comments threads are consistently on topic and on target.

A month ago, we had to ban an OCD troll or two. At the same time, coincidentally, we started recognizing the “Comment of the Day”—giving a shout out to our favorite (smartest?) commenter of the day.

Well, the smarties win. We appreciate it.

By the way, the month’s-worth list of winning commenters are: Trevor, Uncle Vinny, Unbelievable, Emmett O’Connell, Transit Voter, Fat-Tailed, JoshMahar, JesseMT, ?, Maria, Joshtown, Aphorism 153, Summer Girl, Mikos, Elaine, Stephanie, and Doug.


  • swatter

    Gut-splitting is another term.

    My favorite was the $500k to lobby against plastic bags. Makes you go hmmmm.

  • swatter

    Gut-splitting is another term.

    My favorite was the $500k to lobby against plastic bags. Makes you go hmmmm.

  • http://www.dougsdoodles.com/ DOUG.

    I think Erica’s move from Slog to Publicola has made both sites better.

  • http://www.dougsdoodles.com DOUG.

    I think Erica’s move from Slog to Publicola has made both sites better.