George Seldes may have died long before the blogging boom, but he was, in many ways, the first true blogger. He didn't have access. He didn't have funding. He didn't have help. But with pure desire, determination, and thorough reporting, Seldes created one of the greatest independent media outlets of our time.
Bloggers now have a much larger field to pick stories from. They have readers and followers who can keep their eyes and ears open to help generate content. Seldes did it all himself.
Watching him talk with such fervor about his craft is really inspiring. Here's an interview with him from 1983.
The daily 4 o'clock martini break is pretty awesome too.
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