BLOG
Times Union Capitol Confidential blog
- • During tenure as lead blogger for the Times Union's most-read blog, site traffic increased by over 30 percent in less than a year, hitting close to a half million page views per month.
From Governing Magazine, January 2009:
Albany political blogs "remain the first — and often second, third, fourth and fifth — daily stop for anyone trying to keep on top of New York City and state affairs.
Though there are plenty of online news sources in the state, when someone refers to "the blogs," they're generally talking about two of them: Elizabeth Benjamin's "The Daily Politics" for the New York Daily News (www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics) and the Albany Times-Union's group blog "Capitol Confidential" (blogs.timesunion.com/capitol), which, with the addition of the prolific Irene Jay Liu, has been giving Benjamin a run for her money."
A.M. ROUNDUP
- • A summary of state and national political/ policy stories, compiled every weekday morning.
"A.M. Roundup," March 2, 2009
" A.M. Roundup: The Paterson pile-on edition," January 26, 2009
BREAKING NEWS
"O'Byrne departing Paterson administration," October 24, 2008
MULTIMEDIA
"Video: Democrats take the Senate," November 4, 2008
"Senate election results," November 4, 2008
- • One of four video blog entries posted on election night on Nov. 4, 2008. Working with three interns, published video blog posts, maintained a real-time chart of incoming state Senate election results, called the election results at the Times Union, and wrote the paper's A1 print story on the state Senate fight.
"Budget story extras," March 1, 2009
- • GIS maps mapping distribution of the governor's proposed healthcare cuts, and impact of a income tax hike on wealthy by senate district. Created maps in ArcGIS.
ANALYSIS
"The difference is attitude," November 17, 2008
""Breaking it down: Gang of Four," Nov. 6, 2008
"Paterson invokes cloak of the First Amendment," January 27, 2009
SNARK
"The state of the state, in song,"November 17, 2008
"Cuomo: No more Tilt for you," June 26, 2008
ENTERPRISE
"First Lady invites friends to Senate fundraiser on state letterhead, cancels event," May 30, 2008
"Gillibrand's got good tones," January 29, 2009
"A negotiator's take," November 24, 2008