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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.

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.

Last Night: Roger & Me

Arts & Culture   March 15, 2010 at 10:12 am Josh Feit

Last night, I watched Michael Moore’s first documentary, Roger & Me, which I hadn’t seen since it came out in 1989.

I’m giving a short talk about the movie tonight at the Central Cinema, which is hosting the 1st Annual 20/20 Awards. The 20/20 Awards were organized to set the record straight by showing how inaccurate the annual Academy Awards, bound by fleeting trends and prejudices of the day  (and Oscar politics), can be.

To prove their point, 20/20—as in 20/20 hindsight and 20 years ago—has redone the 1989 Academy Awards (a particularly grating year … Driving Miss Daisy? …), and using the test of time, they’ll hand out revised awards tonight.

Roger & Me—GM, recession, corporate power, and corporate accountability—is a totally relevant movie today, obv.