The thing that drew me to blogging was the conversational tone, the feeling that you were talking with - and not at - an audience who were no better or worse than you were. It’s typically a wide divide that otherwise turned me off to journalism. The New York Observer has always been intent on having a conversation, no matter how ridiculous it is, and much in the same way NY1 creates one or that Jen, Joe, and I worked really hard to make with Runnin’ Scared, it’s a publication that makes this city feel like a small, character-driven town like any other, and also, the most important, ridiculous place in the universe. …

This will either be a terrible fiasco or a terribly awesome fiasco, but either way, I intend on having a lot of fun.

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  1. rawkblog reblogged this from fek and added:
    Congratulations; in the same breath, hey, does this mean there’s a job opening at Esquire?!
  2. aatombomb reblogged this from rubenfeld and added:
    Fek working with Spiers. Next up: The NYO purchases The Awl.
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  4. baxterp2 reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Wonderful, Foster!!
  5. peterfeld reblogged this from spiers and added:
    only editor in all...publishing capable...housebreaking him.
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