Anthony Bourdain tends to get noticed. The chef turned televised tour guide is macho but not overbearing, profane without being coarse, and tall and handsome. How handsome? I was at an outdoor social event with my wife some years ago when he passed by, and she was so transfixed by him that she walked into a bush. I hate him for that, but am unsurprised that his charmed life is about to add a new chapter.The NYT’s David Carr • Writing about how Anthony Bourdain is all dreamy and stuff. Oh, and his new gig with CNN.
A Believer Packing Beer and Guitars
Note: This is an article about Craig Finn written by David Carr. If there’s a journalism version of Craig Finn hiding around these days, it’s David Carr.
“My advice would be you’ve gotta make things. You’ve gotta build things. You can’t say, I’ve got a clip from my college newspaper. There’s gotta be a travelogue that you did with your pals from Bonnaroo. There’s gotta be an audio file that you made. I used to hire people all the time when I worked at weeklies, young people, and if they were coming now I would just say, well, show me what you’ve made with your own two dirty little hands. I don’t really care what you say, I want to see what you’ve done. It’s a time when you can make stuff so much more easily. Now, getting that stuff to rise above the clutter, and getting it seen is a battle, getting paid for it on top of it, yeah, that’s another battle.”
Yes yes yes.
This is why Tumblr exists. To make stuff so you can impress David Carr.
This is a weird feeling. We’re glad that David Carr liked the story we found (via Charles Apple) enough to retweet it, but a little bittersweet about the nature of the story. We hope that Carr’s 300,000+ followers get out of it the same thing we did — a strong sense of remorse and appreciation for great storytelling. We’re glad we were able to share this great piece of work the San Jose Mercury News put together.
One awesome wrinkle of the story we just posted: Apparently, Matt Drudge chose not to respond to e-mails from the NYT’s David Carr when Carr wrote about his site’s online traffic prowess. One thing he did do, though? Linked to the article in the top-right corner of his site, which is kind of the money corner, if you ask us. An amusing little detail.
Interesting via @BrianStelter
Surprising that it’s Glenn thinking of leaving, rather than other way. Still early though.
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