therealdeal

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:21:29 -0800

Kevin Roderick is a blogging/journalistic fraud Check out LukeFord.net Roderick never won a Pulizter and claiming he did is a lie and fabrication. http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=2605 ........... March 31, 2008 What Does It Mean To ‘Share’ Pulitzer Prizes That Never Named You? From Kevin Roderick’s bio: "Kevin is a Contributing Writer at Los Angeles magazine, reporting mostly on politics and media. Before launching LA Observed in 2003 he was the founding Los Angeles bureau chief for the late Industry Standard magazine. Before that he spent two decades as a staff writer, line editor and senior editor at the Los Angeles Times, specializing in in-depth projects and coverage of politics, urban affairs and the state of California. He shared in two Pulitzer Prizes awarded for staff coverage of the Rodney King riots and the Northridge earthquake." Does that mean that everyone who worked on these series (must be more than 50 people) shared in these Pulitzers? Does it mean his name is inscribed on the Pulitzers (awarded in 1993 and 1995, right?)? I don’t think you can claim a Pulitzer unless you were specifically awarded one. When the LA Times won a Pulitzer for its coverage of the Northridge earthquake, all the stories were bylined. Kevin Roderick’s name was not on the bylines. He was an editor in the Metro section but I’m not sure they give Pulitzers for editing. It seems like a stretch to say that you shared in a Pulitzer when your name wasn’t on any of the stories awarded.

Andy Sternberg

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:00:49 -0800

Great interview, Jeremy. The Industry Standard was my favorite when it was around before the web1 bust of 2000. It started skinny and then became bloated with pages of ads and then went back to skinny before vanishing. Which reminds me -- it's back, in an online-only iteration (sans John Battelle, of course).

jacobsoboroff

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:53:57 -0800

Kevin Roderick and Gary Leonard. LA institutions.

Miss Havisham

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:39:29 -0800

Great interview. I just eat this kind of thing up. I love it. But oh, Ed really captured Sam Zell in that photo. Ahhhhhhhhhh!

LAist: LAist Interview: Kevin Roderick

therealdeal

Andy Sternberg

jacobsoboroff

Miss Havisham