NYT on TPM: Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize (A Polk!)

[dkf]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25marshall.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Of the many landmarks along a journalist’s career, two are among those that stand out: winning an award and making the government back down. Last week, Joshua Micah Marshall achieved both.

The Manhattan newsroom of Talking Points Memo is modest compared with conventional news operations. Much of its resources come from its readers.

On Tuesday, it was announced that he had won a George Polk Award for legal reporting for coverage of the firing of eight United States attorneys, critics charged under political circumstances. The “tenacious investigative reporting sparked interest by the traditional news media and led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales,” the citation read.

Also last week, the Justice Department put him back on its mailing list for reporters with credentials after removing him last year.

[MADem]

1. Move over, Dildo Really!! At least Josh won't be claiming it is a PEABODY!!!

But good for TPM!

[dkf]

2. lol. I confess I don't know which is which either.

I had to look it up. :)

[MADem]

3. Ole Dildo claimed his Polk was a Peabody....that was before he tried

to "polk" Miss Makris, there, the Fox employee he used to call up and talk to in nasty fashion...it's how he got his Dild O'Really name!!! Ole Falafel Boy will never live that down!