Emily Gould

Emily Gould (born October 13, 1981) is the former co-editor of Gawker.com. She grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended college for two years at Kenyon College before transferring to Eugene Lang College in New York City.

Gould resides in Brooklyn, New York. She began her blogging career as one-half of The Universal Review before starting her own blog, Emily Magazine, and writing for Gawker on a freelance basis as the anonymous author of the Unsolicited column. She eventually replaced Jessica Coen at Gawker upon Coen's departure for "Vanity Fair" in September 2006. Her colleagues included co-editor Alex Balk, managing editor Choire Sicha, and associate editor Doree Shafrir. Before joining the Gawker staff, Gould was an associate editor at Disney's Hyperion imprint.

Gould, with Zareen Jaffery, is the co-author of the young adult novel "Hex Education", which was released by Penguin's Razorbill imprint in May 2007.

On November 30, 2007 Gould resigned from Gawker. She recounted her experiences mingling her professional and romantic lives on the site in a New York Times Magazine article ("Exposed") published on May 25, 2008. The article formed the basis for a proposal for a memoir to be published by Free Press in 2010.

Interview with Kimmel on "Larry King Live"

Emily Gould appeared on an episode of "Larry King Live" hosted by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel on April 6, 2007 during a panel discussion entitled "Paparazzi: Do they go too far?" During the interview, Kimmel accused Gould of irresponsible journalism resulting from Gould's popular blog. Gould attempts to respond but appears very nervous during the interview, and constantly rolls her eyes. Kimmel repeatedly interrupts her and cuts her off, leaving Gould, clearly not used to television interviews, shocked and stuttering. She tries to makes a few legitimate responses, but in general just seems surprised and hurt by how Kimmel (and the two celebrity lawyers beside him in the interview) repeatedly castigate her and her website.

Among the privacy issues resulting from what Gould calls "citizen journalism" that comprises the Gawker.com Stalker Map, Kimmel mentioned the power this could grant real stalkers, and that Gould and her website may ultimately be responsible for someone's death. In response, Gould said "We've been doing it for four years and it hasn't happened yet." Kimmel continued further to claim a lack of effort on the part of the site's publishers to verify facts in their stories, and the legal cases of libel that this will ultimately present for Gawker. Kimmel mentions a Gawker piece about himself being sighted and described as "drunk," at a time when he says he was actually with his children and other family members. "I didn't find it funny at all," Kimmel says in the interview.

On May 4, 2007, Gould wrote an article for the "New York Times" about the interview. [cite web | first = Emily | last = Gould | title = Coordinates of the Rich and Famous | publisher = The New York Times | date = May 4, 2007 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/opinion/04gould.html | accessdate = 2008-05-26] An article she wrote about her experiences with Gawker.com was the "New York Times Magazine" cover story on May 25, 2008. [cite web | first = Emily | last = Gould | title = Exposed | publisher = The New York Times Magazine | date = May 25, 2008 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25internet-t.html | accessdate = 2008-05-26] In the article, she described how the negative response to her television appearance caused her to suffer panic attacks which led her to seek therapy.

References

External links

* [http://www.emilymagazine.com/ Emily Magazine]
* [http://www.emilymagazine.com/ureview/ The Universal Review]
* [http://www.gawker.com/ Gawker]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-avakrRUaU Jimmy Kimmel Live]
* [http://www.nypost.com/seven/05232008/entertainment/the_dangers_of_blogger_love_112227.htm?page=0 "New York Post's Page Six Magazine" "The Dangers of Blogger Love"] ]
* [http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/05/emily_gould_shamelessly_plugs.html "New York Magazine"]
* [http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/revolving_door/the_publishing_history_of_gawkers_new_coeditor_46239.asp/ The Publishing History of Gawker's New Co-editor (GalleyCat)]
* [http://gawker.com/news/accidents-will-happen/a-long-dark-early-evening-of-the-soul-with-keith-gessen-328558.phphttp://gawker.com/news/accidents-will-happen/a-long-dark-early-evening-of-the-soul-with-keith-gessen-328558.php A Long, Dark Early Evening Of The Soul With Keith Gessen]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/25/digitalmedia.blogging "The Observer" article by David Smith: "What happens when bloggers bare all then get caught in the brutal blowback"]
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/hot-gossip-the-fall-of-the-webs-most-glamorous-blogger-835043.html "The Independent" article by Emily Gould herself: "Hot gossip: The fall of the web's most glamorous blogger"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25internet-t.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all "The New York Times Magazine"]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90771622 NPR Interview]