Eric Boehlert

Eric Boehlert (born December 6, 1965) is a writer at Shareblue. Prior to this he was a senior writer for Salon for five years, and before that a contributing editor to Rolling Stone.[1] At Salon Boehlert won the 2002 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Deems Taylor Award for music journalism, for a series of articles in 2001 on the radio industry. The series was also shortlisted for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.[2][3]

Eric Boehlert
Boehlert in 2019
Born (1965-12-06) December 6, 1965
NationalityAmerican
OccupationWriter
EmployerShareblue

His latest book, Bloggers on the Bus (2009), covers the growing role of blogs in US politics. It plays on the title of Timothy Crouse's The Boys on the Bus (1973), which covered the reporters following presidential candidates' campaigns for the 1972 United States presidential election.[4]

Books
  • Boehlert, Eric (2006). Lapdogs: how the press rolled over for Bush. New York: Free Press. ISBN 9780743289313.
  • Boehlert, Eric (2009). Bloggers on the bus: how the internet changed politics and the press. Riverside: Free Press. ISBN 9781416560357.

References
  1. "Boehlert". Media Matters. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  2. "Salon's Eric Boehlert wins music journalism award". Salon. 17 October 2002.
  3. Boehlert, Eric (3 April 2001). "Fighting pay-for-play". Salon. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. "MoJo Interview: Media Guru Eric Boehlert". Mother Jones. July 2009.


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