The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: roughly 53
OCCUPATION: Journalist/blogger, LA Weekly columnist
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Her well-sourced "Deadline Hollywood Daily" blog became the unofficial switchboard of the writer's strike: even the negotiators were reading it. And she may be the first industry blogger to get a shout-out on Letterman.
CON: Her blatantly pro-writer stance raised the perennial question about blogs: is "Deadline" journalism or advocacy?
View the full list for "The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists"Latest Lists
Most Popular »
- Will Your Next Car be Made in India?
- Israel vs. Hizballah: Drumbeats of War
- The Pentagon Prepares for a Missile Attack from 'Iran'
- Top Stocks of the Decade
- The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell
- Made in India: The $12,000 Electric Car
- The Eurostar Breakdown: 'Tis the Season to Be Livid
- Have Yourself a Sandinista Christmas...
- Agent Orange Poisons New Generations in Vietnam
- Despite U.S. Help, Yemen Faces Growing Al-Qaeda Threat
- Top Stocks of the Decade
- Will Your Next Car be Made in India?
- Agent Orange Poisons New Generations in Vietnam
- Despite U.S. Help, Yemen Faces Growing Al-Qaeda Threat
- Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
- Super-Earth: Astronomers Find a Watery New Planet
- Brits Get Some Holiday Cheer: No British Air Strike
- Have Yourself a Sandinista Christmas...
- Israel vs. Hizballah: Drumbeats of War
- The Pentagon Prepares for a Missile Attack from 'Iran'
RSS