Digby (blogger)
Heather "Digby" Parton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Heather Parton |
| Alma mater | San Jose State University |
| Occupation(s) | Blogger, journalist |
| Known for | catchphrase "LET's Dig it UP!", christmas elf |
Digby is the short name of American political blogger Heather Digby Parton[1] from Santa Monica, California who founded the blog Hullabaloo.[2] She has been called one of the "leading and most admired commentators" of the liberal/progressive blogosphere.[3]
Digby began as a commenter on the blogs of Bartcop and Atrios and launched her own blog on January 1, 2003,[4] calling it Hullabaloo "because one function of blogs is to cause a ruckus"[5] and decorating it with a picture of a screaming Howard Beale from the film Network. She has been joined by other bloggers on Hullabaloo, including composer Richard Einhorn, who blogs under the name "Tristero".
Digby graduated from
Digby won the 2005 Koufax award for blog writing and accepted the
Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism.[8]
References
- ^ Salon. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- ^ Berry, Jeffrey M.; Sobieraj, Sarah (January 3, 2014). "Are Americans Addicted to Outrage?". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ Greenwald, Glenn (June 20, 2007). "Fringe liberal bloggers". Salon.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4165-6010-4.[page needed]
- ^ Kornbluth, Jesse (October 5, 2008). "The Gadfly: What Digby Says: The darling of the progressive blogosphere is still yelling at the TV". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ a b Walsh, Joan (June 20, 2007). "The hullabaloo over Digby". Salon.com. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090804064050/http://www.journalismjobs.com/interview_talbot.cfm
- ^ "2014 Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism". Retrieved April 24, 2014.