Advice. Off the cuff.
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Cousin who transferred into Berkeley:
What do you think makes a good column? 10:23 PM
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Me:
Style and ferocity. 10:31 PM
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Me:
With a foundation of magisterial knowledge. 10:32 PM
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Cousin who transferred into Berkeley:
I have an interview tomorrow for a columnist position. Im kind of undecided on what I should pitch as a column idea 10:33 PM
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Me:
what do you know? what theme can you write about stylishly, ferociously and with magisterial knowledge? 10:48 PM
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Cousin who transferred into Berkeley:
Ill get back to you 10:49 PM
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Me:
i would write about media, from the vantage point of being a digital native, and aware and engaged with the bottom up social movements, utilizing social media 10:49 PM
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Me:
my first column would review some tech trends by demographic group, latinos are really into consumer tech, minorities in general. how will this change america 10:50 PM
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Cousin who transferred into Berkeley:
I will meditate on this 10:51 PM
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Me:
re: the power social media has in social change inthe last few years and such. i could do a page. 10:51 PM
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Me:
enjoy. 10:51 PM
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Cousin who transferred into Berkeley:
Thank you Sir 10:52 PM
Posted on Wednesday February 1st