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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.

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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.

MusicNerds 2009

Arts & Culture January 2, 2010 at 12:45 pm Josh Feit

PubliCola music writers Anand Balasubrahmanyan and Jonathan Cunningham posted their Best Of Seattle music lists in bite-size posts over the last week.

Here are their complete lists in one big spoonful.

Cunningham: D. Black mixes hip hop and spirituality.

Jonathan Cunningham’s best of Seattle hip-hop 2009
D. Black “Yesterday”
Shabazz Palaces “Belhaven Meridian”
THEESatisfaction “Snow Motion”
Helladope “Just So You Know”
Blue Scholars “Hi-808″
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis “Otherside”
They Live! “Whitney”

Anand Balasubrhamanyan’s best of Northwest pop 2009
Heatwarmer “Old Natural Feeling”
Nurses “Caterpillar Playground”
Exploding into Colors “Paper (Hot Sax Version)
YACHT “I’m in Love with a Ripper”
Telekenisis “Tokyo”
Thao w/ the Get Down Stay Down “When We Swam”
The Intelligence “Thank You God for Fixing the Tape Machine”
James Pants “Thin Moon”
Panther “Latitudes for Centuries”

Balasubrahmanyan: Heatwarmer is not nearly as ashamed as they should be.