Bryan Keefer is co-author of the New York Times bestseller All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth. He is currently Director of Product for The Daily Beast, an online media startup backed by IAC.
He was previously Managing Editor of Brijit.com a site that provided short reviews and summaries of long-form journalism. He has also provided strategic and editorial consulting services to a number of online properties and media outlets.
Bryan was the founding Assistant Managing Editor of CJR Daily, the daily web site of the Columbia Journalism Review. Established in 2004 as CampaignDesk.org, the site critiqued and improved political journalism during the presidential campaign. It was awarded honorable mention for distinguished contribution to online journalism by the National Press Club in 2005. The site was also a finalist for the Webby for best political blog in 2006, and a finalist for the 2006 Online Journalism Award for best online commentary.
In 2001, he co-founded Spinsanity, a web site devoted to debunking political spin from pundits and partisans. His work has also been featured in publications including Salon, the Columbia Journalism Review, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Washington Post, and he has been profiled in publications including Washingtonian magazine, the Washington City Paper, and Reason.
Bryan has hosted and produced a series of panels about environmentalism and next-wave culture for the Strand bookstore in downtown New York, and previously hosted a series of panels on media and digital culture topics at Makor, the 92nd Street Y's center for New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including "On the Media" on NPR and "The Brian Lehrer Show" on WNYC radio, CNBC's "Dennis Miller," and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He is based in New York.
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The heartbreak of a long season
Marlins 9, Cubs 6, game 7 of the NLCS.
As a friend just put it, I think baseball has more potential for heartbreak than any other sport. The long season, the huge element of luck, the tension of every pitch in a long game - and then, wham, your season’s over, and the other team is dog-piling on each other in the middle of the field while your guys hang their heads. There’s nothing nearly as emotional in the wold of sports. Football is too physical, and over too quickly. The NCAA basketball tournament is a bunch of teams from out of nowhere that get beat too quickly for you to form any real attachments (or, if you’re like me, you just expect your team to lose in the most painful fashion possible, so it doesn’t really hurt any more). The NBA isn’t competitive enough - it’ just everyone gunning for the Lakers. And there’s no drama to hockey, just people getting their teeth bashed in.
More on this tomorrow, once the ALCS finishes up.
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