Media: Who Was On Journolist? [Part 2]

So I did what I was supposed to do and asked around to see who was on Journolist, and here's a snapshot of what I've found so far (plus a couple of quotes from folks about the whole thing):

Who else should I ask?  Do you even care who was on there (or what they said)?   As I said before, I don't think there's anything discreditable about having participated on the list, or having opinions and insights on the topics that they cover. 

Uncle Jay: "oh god no. I am much too old for that crowd. but it did sound like a fun listserv, and I am sorry Ezra closed it. He is a wonderful addition to the Washington Post and I gathered the listserv helped him maintain his sanity."  

Linda Perlstein:  "I found it useful to see a variety of perspectives from smart people, to get takes on policy that were relevant to education but not from people in education. I didn't chip in much but occasionally would ask for recommendations for sources or give my thoughts basically in the same way I'd write a blog post...I can't fathom any ethical issues and I certainly didn't write anything that would be inappropriate or embarrassing; at the same time, of course I care if the archive came out. It's vile (and illegal?) to steal and publish people's private e-mails."

Elizabeth Green:  "I don't have time for this."

Nick Anderson:  "I'm a luddite at heart. Can barely keep up w email and tweets..."

Dana Goldstein:  "It was a good place to interact with academics who have really deep, research-based knowledge on topics I write about. A lot of the conversations were incredibly wonky debates on the merits of various social and foreign policies. We did occasionally discuss education--and those discussions were animated far more by debate and disagreement than by any kind of liberal groupthink. As you know, the center-left is certainly not in agreement about how to reform schools!" (see @danagoldstein for more comments)

Kevin Carey: "I, along with select other members of the liberal media / think tank / university / banking / Hollywood establishment secretly rule the world by sending emails to one another about stuff we think is interesting or annoying, like World Cup soccer." (blog entry here)

Comments

[Kaitlyn]

Teacher's Professional Development

[Joanne Jacobs]

It didn't occur to me that they'd invite education writers. (They certainly didn't invite me.)

I don't have trouble with people who decide they want to exchange e-mails with like-minded people -- or, in the case of education, not so like-minded people.

But Dave Weigel took a chance when he hired on at the Post as a blogger open to conservatives and then trashed them as "rat-fuckers" in a forum open to 400 people. Journalists are not known for their ability to keep other people's secrets.

[Francis]

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