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

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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.

KUOW Cola

City Hall, Politics, PubliCola Adds Life   February 5, 2010 at 10:52 am Erica C. Barnett

I’ll be on The Conversation on KUOW (94.9FM) this afternoon shortly after 12:00 to talk about the short city career and resignation of Chris Bushnell, the controversial mayoral advisor who left the city yesterday after PubliCola reported on his 1994 felony conviction and subsequent misrepresentation of his educational credentials (he falsely claimed to have a Ph.D).

Tune in.




  • Guest

    Will McGinn be on the show as well?

  • inside some baseball

    Will McGinn be on the show as well?

  • Clara

    Well it’s nice for Publicola to get another outlet for repeating/reporting the story it’s been covering . . .

    But maybe you (Erika) should be turning it around a bit and be asking Mr. Ross Reynolds about why all the rest of the media has ignored a pretty big news story until it reaches its denouement.

  • Clara

    Well it’s nice for Publicola to get another outlet for repeating/reporting the story it’s been covering . . .

    But maybe you (Erika) should be turning it around a bit and be asking Mr. Ross Reynolds about why all the rest of the media has ignored a pretty big news story until it reaches its denouement.

  • Michael J. Maddux

    @Clara
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    In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that big of a story, except for insiders, wonks, and crazies.

  • Michael J. Maddux

    @Clara
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    In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that big of a story, except for insiders, wonks, and crazies.

  • Michael J. Maddux

    I listened to both, and you didn’t sound like an idiot once! Way to go!

  • Michael J. Maddux

    I listened to both, and you didn’t sound like an idiot once! Way to go!

  • Post the Link

    Please post the link to your segment of the show.

    Thanks!

  • Post the Link

    Please post the link to your segment of the show.

    Thanks!

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