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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy 2010 to everyone. Next week I&#8217;ll be posting about some exciting news in my career. In the mean time, read about Blast&#8217;s plans for world domination.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy 2010 to everyone. Next week I&#8217;ll be posting about some exciting news in my career.</p>
<p>In the mean time, <a href="http://blastmagazine.com/the-page-one-story/2009/12/what-will-2010-bring-for-blast/">read about Blast&#8217;s plans for world domination</a>.</p>
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		<title>Is it ok to cheer for your own coverage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this month&#8217;s first-ever Blast Cover Podcast, I bring up an interesting journalism question. Blast recently got an exclusive interview with the cast of &#8220;Hank,&#8221; Kelsey Grammer&#8217;s latest return to prime time. We did a great story, and we were happy to have the access. But there was one problem: The show stinks. It&#8217;s getting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this month&#8217;s first-ever <a href="http://blastmagazine.com/blast-news/2009/10/1009-blast-cover-podcast/">Blast Cover Podcast</a>, I bring up an interesting journalism question.</p>
<p>Blast recently got an <a href="http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/tv/2009/09/exclusive-interview-with-the-cast-of-hank/">exclusive interview</a> with the cast of &#8220;Hank,&#8221; Kelsey Grammer&#8217;s latest return to prime time.</p>
<p>We did a great story, and we were happy to have the access. But there was one problem: <a href="http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/tv/2009/10/tv-week-in-review-the-difference-is-writing/">The show stinks</a>. It&#8217;s getting bad ratings and worse reviews. </p>
<p>The good thing is that interviews and reviews are done by different reporters, but my question was: Is it ok to cheer for or hype a show because of our coverage? We gave the show a bad review but still pumped the interview.</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
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		<title>Profiling a race car driver</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s profile of a race car driver for The Boston Globe was my first sports article (not counting news for Blast&#8217;s defunct sports section). There was some networking here. After the story was published, Skipper Hull and I spoke again about him doing some car stories for Blast. We just started an automotive section. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week&#8217;s <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2009/10/08/lincolns_ken_hull_wins_amateur_races_driving_1972_porsche/">profile</a> of a race car driver for The Boston Globe was my first sports article (not counting news for <a href="http://blastmagazine.com/sports">Blast&#8217;s defunct sports section</a>).</p>
<p>There was some networking here. After the story was published, Skipper Hull and I spoke again about him doing some car stories for Blast. We just started an <a href="http://blastmagazine.com/technology">automotive section</a>.</p>
<p>I think a lot of this whole scenario reflects how much of myself I try to put into Blast. My worst habit is that I tend to get into trends and start blogs about them. I bought my first &#8220;mine&#8221; car in June &#8212; previous ones (92 T-Bird, 96 Taurus, 01 Corolla, 00 Ranger) were my parents&#8217; previous vehicles. (I crashed the T-bird, R.I.P.) As a result, I&#8217;ve gotten really into cars lately, buying things for my 08 Corolla and <a href="http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/culturefashion/2009/06/stuff-for-your-car-replace-the-cabin-air-filter/">doing features</a> about the results.</p>
<p>Though this time we have some help. We&#8217;ll work with Hull on some how-to&#8217;s and articles about classic cars his garage restores. Separately, we&#8217;re bringing in a female car blogger and car reviewer that we&#8217;re going to call &#8220;The Diva of Driving.&#8221; </p>
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