They took out the best parts!

This is what the WSJ featured as my profile:

Karol Sheinin, 27, political consultant, New York. Spot On and Dean's World. Describe your blog briefly. My blog [Spot On] is mostly political but I write about anything from poker to indie music. Dean Esmay's blog is one of the bigger ones and definitely one of the best. How do you plan to cover the convention? I'm going to try, as I guess all the other bloggers will, to get behind the scenes and try to get a feel for what is going on when there is no "official" press around. Why should people read your coverage? I grew up in Brooklyn and I live in Manhattan now so I'll have a local perspective. What's the biggest gap in convention coverage by mainstream media in prior election years? The biggest problem with mainstream media is also the best thing about blogging. Big media can write a story about one aspect of the convention, it'll go to a fact-checker then an editor and be published long after it is written. I can write about events as they happen or very shortly thereafter. I can tell readers a four-sentence story about something funny that happened in the elevator. The mainstream press would have to find an "angle" or, well, a point, other than that it's funny. Moment/speaker/event you're most looking forward to covering. I'm not sure if he's speaking though I've heard rumors that he is, but I can't wait to hear Herman Cain. I worked for him down in Georgia and he'll bring the house down at MSG if they give him a speaking slot. Otherwise, I guess the president will do. I'm also looking forward to the Club for Growth parties. What did you learn about blogging a convention from the Boston coverage? That it's easier than it seems to get caught up in the excitement of being around fellow partisans and forget to find something interesting to write about. Which presidential candidate do you plan to vote for in November? Bush.

This is what I wrote:

First, the basics: Names of all people from the blog who will be there;
ages; occupations; where they're based: Just me, Karol Sheinin, 27. I'm a political consultant in NYC.

Describe your blog briefly: I'm going to be blogging at both my own site www.alarmingnews.com and http://www.deanesmay.com/. My blog is mostly political but I write about anything from poker to indie music. Dean Esmay's blog is one of the bigger ones and definitely one of the best. I jumped at the chance to guest blog for him.

How do you plan to cover the convention -- what kind of content can
readers expect?- I'm going to try, as I guess all the other bloggers will, to get behind the scenes and try to get a feel for what is going on when there is no 'official' press around.

Why should people read your coverage?- I'm grew up in Brooklyn and I live in Manhattan now so I'll have a local perspective.

What's the biggest gap in convention coverage by mainstream media in
prior election years? The biggest problem with mainstream media is also the best thing about blogging. Big media can write a story about one aspect of the convention, it'll go to a fact-checker (insert your own NY Times joke here) then an editor and be published long after it is written. I can write about events as they happen or very shortly thereafter. I can tell readers a 4-sentence story about something funny that happened in the elevator. The mainstream press would have to find an 'angle' or, well, a point, other than that it's funny.

Moment/speaker/event you're most looking forward to covering.- I'm not sure if he's speaking though I've heard rumors that he is, but I can't wait to hear Herman Cain. I worked for him down in Georgia and he'll bring the house down at MSG if they give him a speaking slot. Otherwise, I guess the president will do. I'm also looking forward to the Club for Growth parties.

What did you learn about blogging a convention from the Boston
coverage? That it's easier than it seems to get caught up in the excitement of being around fellow partisans and forget to find something interesting to write about.

Which presidential candidate do you plan to vote for in November? Bush.