Ryan Blitstein
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Ryan Blitstein (born in San Francisco, California) is an American journalist.
A graduate of Stanford University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he has been a staff writer at Red Herring and SF Weekly. He has lectured at San Jose State University and Stanford University.
His most well-known article was a controversial story about craigslist.org, Craig Newmark, and citizen journalism [1] 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.[2] Blitstein's work has appeared in the New York Daily News, New York Observer[3], Denver Post and Seattle Times.
He is currently a business reporter at the San Jose Mercury News.
[edit] Trivia
- His younger brother (and only sibling) is indie filmmaker Jonathan Blitstein. Among his first cousins are Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founder and chief executive of Yelp.com, and Darren Spitzer, lead singer of Chicago rock band The Changes (band).
- While an undergraduate, he taught a literature course on Bob Dylan.
- The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time, by The New York Times columnist William Safire, includes excerpts from a letter Blitstein wrote to Safire as a college student.
[edit] References
- "Craig$list.com" by Ryan Blitstein, SF Weekly, November 30, 2005.
- "Should journalist Josh Wolf be afraid?" by Ryan Blitstein, SF Weekly, April 19, 2006
- "Recovery Rick Re-Stands Up" by Ryan Blitstein, New York Observer, May 17, 2004.
