- Ryan Blitstein
Ryan Blitstein (born in
San Francisco, California ) is an American journalist.A graduate of
Stanford University and theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism , he has been a staff writer at Red Herring andSF Weekly . He has lectured atSan Jose State University andStanford University .His most well-known article was a controversial story about craigslist.org, Craig Newmark, and citizen journalism [http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2005-11-30/news/feature.html] that was both praised and ridiculed by bloggers, journalists, and media critics. He was also the first print journalist to write about Josh Wolf, the videoblogger jailed by a U.S. district court in 2006 for refusing to turn over a collection of videos he recorded during a protest. [http://www.sfweekly.com/2006-04-19/news/should-journalist-josh-wolf-be-afraid/] Blitstein's work has appeared in the
New York Daily News ,New York Observer [http://www.pocreations.com/shapiro_observer.html] ,Denver Post andSeattle Times .During 2006 and 2007, he was a business reporter at the
San Jose Mercury News , which published his three-part investigative series oncybercrime , "Ghosts in the Browser," in November 2007. [http://www.siliconvalley.com/ghostsinthebrowser] The project earned him a place as aLivingston Award finalist.He is currently a freelance journalist based in Chicago and contributing editor at the public policy magazine Miller-McCune. [http://www.miller-mccune.com]
Trivia
* While an undergraduate, he taught a literature course on Bob Dylan.
* "The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time," byThe New York Times columnistWilliam Safire , includes excerpts from a letter Blitstein wrote to Safire as a college student.
* Older sibling ofJonathan Blitstein References
* [http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2005-11-30/news/feature.html "Craig$list.com"] by Ryan Blitstein, "SF Weekly," November 30, 2005.
* [http://www.sfweekly.com/2006-04-19/news/should-journalist-josh-wolf-be-afraid/ "Should journalist Josh Wolf be afraid?"] by Ryan Blitstein, "SF Weekly", April 19, 2006
* [http://www.observer.com/node/49241 "Recovery Rick Re-Stands Up"] by Ryan Blitstein, "New York Observer," May 17, 2004.
* [http://www.siliconvalley.com/ghostsinthebrowser "Ghosts in the Browser"] by Ryan Blitstein, "San Jose Mercury News," November 13, 2007.External links
* [http://claimid.com/ryanblitstein Ryan Blitstein ClaimID page]
* [http://www.ryanblitstein.com/ RyanBlitstein.com]
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