There are eight finalists for the 2003 Koufax Award for Best Series
Ted Barlow, formerly at his own site and now at Crooked Timber has been nominated for his series of light bulb jokes. The light bulb warehouse is here.
Busy, Busy, Busy by Elton Beard for his Shorter Series. I do not link to any specific post because you can just go to the site and begin reading.
Calpundit by Kevin Drum for his coverage of the Valerie Plame story.
Mark Kleiman is nominated for his series of Valerie Plame posts both on his own site and on Open Source Politics.
Making Light byTeresa Nielsen Hayden for her series on the missing or destroyed Iraqi Antiquities. That series consists of seven posts, Loss, Reading comprehension and other problems, And this is evidence of ..., Why it's a bad idea to burn old libraries,
Excellent good news, Recursive museum updates, and Baghdad museum: corrected corrections re-corrected.
Off the Kuff by Charles Kuffner for his exhaustive coverage of the Texas redistricting saga.
Orcinus by David Neiwert for his series Rush, Newspeak and Facism. That series can also be located at Cursor and in pdf ($5 donation requested) here.
Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall for his coverage of the Valerie Plame matter (search for “Valerie Plame” at the link).
Please vote for one finalist by comment or email.
Light bulbs/Ted Barlow
Posted by: Greg Greene at January 24, 2004 03:13 PMOrcinus
Posted by: BudMan at January 24, 2004 03:22 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Al-Muhajabah at January 24, 2004 03:38 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Linnaeus at January 24, 2004 03:43 PMGotta say Orcinus.
Posted by: dave at January 24, 2004 03:59 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Frederick at January 24, 2004 04:01 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Patriotboy at January 24, 2004 04:07 PMTalking Points Memo by Josh Marshall for his coverage of the Valerie Plame matter
Posted by: pontificator at January 24, 2004 04:14 PMTPM for the best writing on L'affaire Plame...
Posted by: Scaramouche at January 24, 2004 04:48 PMLightbulb week.
Posted by: Katherine at January 24, 2004 06:15 PMTalking Points Memo
Posted by: Lynn at January 24, 2004 08:10 PMWow, 3 folks on Valerie? As much as I like Josh, his lack of comments and sidebar, in my mind, makes his barely qualify as a blog, so I'm ruling him out for that lack of community. And elsewhere, I read and immensely enjoyed each and everyone of the others, immensely.
Aside from all that, I think the Plame story ranks highest in political importance, sorta like Watergate in the Seventies.
And even without the mentioned bias against Josh's, I believe Kevin and Mark provided better coverage, even though Josh was closer to the players with a press pass, to boot.
My vote goes to Mark, though, not just as a colleague but because I honestly think he edged out the others in the quality of his work.
Posted by: Kevin Hayden at January 24, 2004 08:35 PMOrcinus by David Neiwert for his series Rush, Newspeak and Facism was the best series by far. Awesome job.
Posted by: Mike at January 24, 2004 09:52 PMTalking Points Memo
Posted by: surfk9 at January 24, 2004 10:19 PMMark Kleiman's Plame posts.
Posted by: Jim Henley at January 24, 2004 10:23 PMTPM.
Posted by: felixrayman at January 24, 2004 10:46 PMAnother tough one, but Orcinus has to get it for Rush, Newspeak and Facism.
Orcinus
Posted by: P6 at January 25, 2004 12:07 AMOrcinus. No Question.
Posted by: Jo Fish at January 25, 2004 12:33 AMCharles Kuffner for the Killer D's.
Posted by: Linkmeister at January 25, 2004 01:15 AMMark Kleiman, without a doubt. Terrific coverage.
Posted by: grubi at January 25, 2004 01:27 AMBusyBusyBusy
Posted by: burnplant at January 25, 2004 02:00 AMTeresa Nielsen Hayden's piece on the Iraqi antiquities.
It was riveting and deep. That post brought me to her site which I have been reading regularly ever since.
Posted by: lea-p at January 25, 2004 02:16 AMTPM. Moreover, he's kinda cute in a Peter Holsapple-ish way.
Posted by: Anna Granfors at January 25, 2004 02:28 AM(in Billy DeWolfe voice) Busy, Busy, Busy!
Posted by: Ivan G. at January 25, 2004 05:42 AMOh, my, so many good choices! But nobody did this better than Orcinus.
Posted by: Pam Godbout at January 25, 2004 06:02 AMBusy, Busy, Busy - often imitated, never duplicated.
Posted by: Frank at January 25, 2004 06:59 AMTed Barlow's light bulbs.
Original and fun.
Orcinus
Posted by: n69n at January 25, 2004 10:36 AMTalking Points Memo for Valerie Plame
Posted by: Christian at January 25, 2004 10:56 AMOrcinus.
Posted by: Harolynne Bobis at January 25, 2004 11:41 AMCalpundit
Posted by: nick danger at January 25, 2004 11:54 AMAnother vote for Orcinus.
Posted by: monchie b. monchum at January 25, 2004 11:55 AMOrcinus
Posted by: J at January 25, 2004 12:15 PMTPM. His coverage of the Valerie Plame Affair is top-notch.
Posted by: PigInZen at January 25, 2004 12:51 PMWow, 3 folks on Valerie?
[grumble mode]
Just imagine how you'd feel if you'd beaten all of them in spotting the "ignorance defense" (first noted here) the WH has been floating, not to mention the likelihood that someone in the WH has turned against the leakers (most recently discussed here), why few journalists aside from the WaPo have followed the story, the WH's inability to say when Dubya knew about the leak, and how the use of Plame's maiden name shows malicious intent on the part of the original leaker.
They've all done excellent work, of course, and you could make a good case that their writing has been more elegant than mine on the subject, but still ...
[/grumble mode]
Oh, yeah, my vote: Busy, Busy, Busy.
Posted by: Swopa at January 25, 2004 01:01 PMAlthough the other stories are and were very well done, David Neiwert's 'Rush, Newspeak and Fascism' was overwhelming and convincing. It's what drew me to his site and keeps me there for daily updates. The series was so incredibly well done that I keep those posts cached at all times for constant reference. Hopefully this series will get more recognition and exposure as a result of this nomination.
Again, good going Dave!
MYOB'
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kuffner
Posted by: kos at January 25, 2004 01:46 PMWell, Busy, Busy, Busy's "Shorter X" is for me the equivalent of political haiku or, for those of you old enough to remember Li'l Abner in its prime, Ecstasy Sauce (which involved distilling the wonderfulness of an entire Hammus alabammus down into a single drop of pure flavor). So, despite the work that David Neiwert deserves full credit for, my first-place vote goes to Beard.
Posted by: Theophylact at January 25, 2004 01:46 PMTPM for Plame
Posted by: Ignobilitor at January 25, 2004 01:55 PMTPM for Plame
Posted by: Ignobilitor at January 25, 2004 01:56 PMSorry for dup post!
Posted by: Ignobilitor at January 25, 2004 01:58 PMI read all these and I think they're terrific choices, but I have to go with Kuffner, because you really didn't need to go anywhere else to know everything you needed to know about the whole redistricting mess, and Making Light, because for a week or so the comments on those posts turned into one of the most interesting communities on the web.
Posted by: julia at January 25, 2004 02:30 PMOrcinus
Posted by: jim at January 25, 2004 02:34 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Fred at January 25, 2004 02:38 PMCan I vote for Steve Gilliard's stuff on the war in Iraq?
Posted by: Rusty at January 25, 2004 02:40 PMorcinus
Posted by: bob davis at January 25, 2004 02:44 PMTPM
Posted by: Hulka at January 25, 2004 02:52 PMKuff on Redistricting. And the lastest scandal is that
political apointees in the Injustice Dept. are covering up the facts.
Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo for coverage of the Valerie Plame scandal.
Posted by: ronn at January 25, 2004 04:15 PMBusy, Busy, Busy.
Posted by: pete at January 25, 2004 04:31 PMTalking Points Memo.
Posted by: john horse at January 25, 2004 04:47 PMKevin Drum for the Plame series
Posted by: molly bloom at January 25, 2004 05:01 PMOff the Kuff by Charles Kuffner -- Texas redistricting case is one of the hidden sleepers from last year
Posted by: Cath at January 25, 2004 05:04 PMOrcinus
Posted by: michael at January 25, 2004 05:05 PMCalpundit
Posted by: Matt Zemek at January 25, 2004 05:13 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Tecla at January 25, 2004 05:16 PMTPM
Posted by: richard at January 25, 2004 05:18 PMOff The Kuff
Posted by: hope at January 25, 2004 05:20 PMDigby, by a mile
Posted by: vachon at January 25, 2004 05:34 PMTPM
Posted by: Oliver at January 25, 2004 05:48 PMTPM
Posted by: Prince of Dirkness at January 25, 2004 06:07 PMOff the Kuff
Posted by: Nathan Wilcox at January 25, 2004 06:16 PMˇ O R C I N U S !
Posted by: CincyDemo at January 25, 2004 06:34 PMBusyBusyBusy
Posted by: shiva at January 25, 2004 06:39 PMbusy busy busy shorter
Posted by: chris dub at January 25, 2004 06:39 PM
1 Orcinus by David Neiwert for his series Rush, Newspeak and Facism.
2 Calpundit by Kevin Drum for his coverage of the Valerie Plame story
3 Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall for his coverage of the Valerie Plame matter
Kevin Drum/Calpundit
Posted by: wystler at January 25, 2004 06:45 PMTPM
Posted by: jackson at January 25, 2004 06:52 PMOrnicus
Posted by: gamini at January 25, 2004 07:03 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Penny at January 25, 2004 07:07 PMOrcinus, who else?
Posted by: Dongi at January 25, 2004 07:24 PMTalking points memo
Posted by: Andrew at January 25, 2004 07:39 PMTPM
Posted by: Creighton at January 25, 2004 07:52 PMTPM
Posted by: Steeve at January 25, 2004 08:04 PMTPM's Plame coverage has felt the freshest and most original (and most likely to break something no one else has).
Posted by: Observer at January 25, 2004 08:19 PMMark Kleiman
Posted by: T. Rex at January 25, 2004 08:23 PMOff the Kuff
Posted by: Ed Still at January 25, 2004 08:27 PMKuffner. For doing the work that the Kool Kids won't.
Posted by: nick at January 25, 2004 08:29 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Joe Bob at January 25, 2004 08:32 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Democarp at January 25, 2004 08:54 PMTPM for Plame
Posted by: The42ndGuy at January 25, 2004 09:01 PMOrcinus, Rush Newspeak and Fascism
Posted by: AWW at January 25, 2004 09:02 PMOrnicus
Posted by: Simp at January 25, 2004 09:25 PMOrcinus. An absolute tour de force.
Posted by: David Yaseen at January 25, 2004 09:25 PMOrcinus
Posted by: ralphbon at January 25, 2004 09:47 PMorcinus
Posted by: sharon at January 25, 2004 09:49 PMTPM on plame. Essential reading to advance the story.
Posted by: mookster at January 25, 2004 09:55 PMDavid Neiwert's "Rush, Newspeak and Facism", by far!
One more vote for Orcinus: Rush, Newspeak, and Facism.
Posted by: (: Tom :) at January 25, 2004 10:21 PMTPM's Plame affair coverage was phenomenal...really had me believing someone might actually get arrested for this henious crime. Sigh.
Posted by: Loki at January 25, 2004 10:39 PMOrcinus
but with special credit to all who covered the Valerie Plame story
Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall for his coverage of the Valerie Plame matter (search for “Valerie Plame” at the link).
Posted by: joe h. at January 25, 2004 11:03 PMCalpundit on Plame
Posted by: TolucaJim at January 25, 2004 11:04 PMTPM
Posted by: chuck at January 25, 2004 11:13 PMOff the Kuff
Posted by: gz at January 26, 2004 12:07 AMOrcinus, again.
Posted by: Chris at January 26, 2004 12:13 AMTPM for the Plame Affair.
Posted by: Brian at January 26, 2004 12:23 AMShorter Series
Orcinus is going to win, but I think to vote here instead of under 'best writing' is to sell Neiwert short.
Orcinus/"Rush, Newspeak, and Fascism."
It gets better every time I read it.
Posted by: Peter Horace at January 26, 2004 12:44 AMBarlows bulb jokes.
Posted by: Stewart Kelly at January 26, 2004 12:54 AMCalPundit's Plame coverage
Posted by: anonymous at January 26, 2004 01:14 AMOrincus for Rush Newspeak and Fascism - hands down.
Posted by: LTRS at January 26, 2004 01:15 AMTPM's Plame coverage. Easily.
Posted by: rjs at January 26, 2004 01:15 AMTPM
Posted by: dan at January 26, 2004 01:27 AMTPM
Talking Points Memo on Plame.
My runners-up were the other two Plames.
Posted by: Andrew J. Lazarus at January 26, 2004 01:33 AMTPM
Posted by: jl at January 26, 2004 01:33 AMBusy, Busy, Busy for the "shorter" series.
Posted by: Anna in Cairo at January 26, 2004 01:53 AMOrcinus.
Posted by: Rick at January 26, 2004 01:59 AMTPM
Posted by: Mithras at January 26, 2004 02:13 AMTPM
Posted by: chris at January 26, 2004 02:59 AMOrcinus
Posted by: eyelessgame at January 26, 2004 03:47 AMOrcinus
Posted by: CMike at January 26, 2004 03:58 AMBusyBusyBusy!
Posted by: Perdita Durango at January 26, 2004 03:59 AMOrcinus
Posted by: Helen at January 26, 2004 04:19 AMCalpundit
Posted by: Brian Linse at January 26, 2004 06:06 AMMark Kleiman for his series of Valerie Plame posts
Posted by: jt at January 26, 2004 06:09 AMOrcinus by David Neiwert for his series Rush, Newspeak and Facism.
(This is the one category where I really think there is a clear winner.)
Posted by: Kerim Friedman at January 26, 2004 07:10 AMB^3
Posted by: Andrew Edwards at January 26, 2004 07:26 AMTPM/Plame.
Posted by: cisko at January 26, 2004 07:34 AMBarlow/Lightbulbs
Posted by: ChrisS at January 26, 2004 08:11 AMOrcinus for "Rush, Newspeak and Fascism."
This essay deserves to stand next to Orwell's "Politics and the English Language." It speaks to the developing corruption of American democracy itself. Rather than focusing on any one news event, it reveals the step-by-step despoiling of the entire political landscape.
Posted by: SG at January 26, 2004 08:25 AMOrcinus.
Posted by: englishprofessor at January 26, 2004 08:37 AMOff The Kuff
Posted by: Duncan Young at January 26, 2004 08:39 AMTalkingPointsMemo.
Posted by: JohnW at January 26, 2004 08:41 AMTPM.
Posted by: LowLife at January 26, 2004 09:06 AMTPM's Valerie Plame coverage
Posted by: nate at January 26, 2004 09:08 AMCalpundit
Posted by: Fast Pete at January 26, 2004 09:09 AMOrcinus
Posted by: Jason at January 26, 2004 09:17 AMTPM for Plame
Posted by: DLucks at January 26, 2004 09:20 AMMark Kleiman
Posted by: Billy Pilgrim at January 26, 2004 10:01 AMCalpundit.
Posted by: skb at January 26, 2004 10:11 AM1. Orcinus by David Neiwert for his series Rush, Newspeak and Facism. That series can also be located at Cursor and in pdf ($5 donation requested) here.
Posted by: Ares Akritas at January 26, 2004 10:30 AMOrcinus, because newspeak is nearly maxspeak.
Calpundit by Kevin Drum for his coverage of the Valerie Plame story.
Posted by: ScottM at January 26, 2004 11:31 AMtexas series-Off the Kuff
Posted by: martha at January 26, 2004 11:48 AMTNH, for the Iraqi museum story
Posted by: Andrew Brown at January 26, 2004 11:55 AMOff the Kuff, for sheer bloodymindedness in tracking the redistricting saga.
Posted by: Karin at January 26, 2004 12:00 PMTPM on Plame
Posted by: ghola at January 26, 2004 12:31 PMOrcinus. No contest.
Posted by: lightning at January 26, 2004 01:01 PMKuffner's redistricting coverage. It got me and several of my non-Texan friends involved.
Posted by: A Texan in Maryland at January 26, 2004 01:08 PMTalking Points Memo
Posted by: Steve at January 26, 2004 01:40 PMI vote for Orcinus again. Although these 'series' are very different in scope and intent.
Posted by: neil at January 26, 2004 01:49 PMMaking Light
Posted by: Kim at January 26, 2004 01:55 PMorcinus
Posted by: otis campbell at January 26, 2004 02:02 PMOne vote for Charles Kuffner.
Posted by: Zach W at January 26, 2004 02:07 PMOrcinus by David Neiwert for his series Rush, Newspeak and Facism.
Posted by: Ulrika O'Brien at January 26, 2004 02:30 PMOff the Kuff (gotta go w/ my fellow Texan)
Posted by: Andrew D at January 26, 2004 02:44 PMBusy, Busy, Busy
Posted by: maurinsky at January 26, 2004 03:23 PMAnother for the Orcinus landslide.
Posted by: Jon Meltzer at January 26, 2004 04:15 PMMaking Light by Teresa Nielsen Hayden for her series on the missing or destroyed Iraqi Antiquities.
Posted by: pericat at January 26, 2004 04:48 PMMark Kleiman for the Plame series
Posted by: sjs at January 26, 2004 05:22 PMOne of Josh Marshall
Posted by: Mojohaus at January 26, 2004 05:23 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Timothy at January 26, 2004 05:32 PMTed Barlow's lightbulbs.
Posted by: Thlayli at January 26, 2004 05:46 PMGotta go with Orcinus
Posted by: opus at January 26, 2004 05:59 PMIraqi Antiquities/Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Posted by: sennoma at January 26, 2004 06:04 PMorcinus
Posted by: Leslie at January 26, 2004 06:52 PMMaking Light
Posted by: Zack at January 26, 2004 07:33 PMMaking Light
Posted by: Greg at January 26, 2004 08:05 PMOrcinus.
Posted by: R. Porrofatto at January 26, 2004 08:31 PMMaking Light.
Posted by: Mitch Wagner at January 26, 2004 08:42 PMOrcinus
Posted by: dirk strom at January 26, 2004 09:22 PMTalking Points Memo
Posted by: Janice at January 26, 2004 09:40 PMTalking Points Memo
Making Light
Posted by: Jason at January 26, 2004 10:35 PMTed Barlow - Light Bulb Jokes
Posted by: TheSquire at January 26, 2004 10:39 PMSorry. Write-in. Obsidian Wings--the series on the Canadian citizen sent to Syria by Ashcroft's goons.
Posted by: QuakerinaBasement at January 26, 2004 10:51 PMMaking Light
Posted by: Ken at January 26, 2004 11:30 PMTed Barlow.
Posted by: Jane at January 27, 2004 09:28 AMMaking Light
Posted by: Nyrath at January 27, 2004 10:23 AMATRIOS
Posted by: nancy berry at January 27, 2004 10:24 AMI second: Teresa Nielsen Hayden's piece on the Iraqi antiquities.
It kept alive a story which too many were ready to dismiss.
Posted by: Richard Brandt at January 27, 2004 10:55 AMTPM
Posted by: lastone at January 27, 2004 12:13 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Mrs. Columbo at January 27, 2004 12:19 PMMaking Light
Posted by: Lucy at January 27, 2004 01:54 PMKleiman
Posted by: JP at January 27, 2004 02:41 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Zarquon at January 27, 2004 04:09 PMThe Plame story is huge, but all three nominees have done excellent work on it -- a classic vote-splitting scenario, in that eliminating any one of them would still leave the story very well covered.
As a result, the incredible work Charles Kuffner has done covering the Texas Land Grab gets my vote: Remove him from the picture, and the story gets nowhere near the amount of attention it would deserve.
Posted by: Ray Radlein at January 27, 2004 04:44 PMMaking Light
Also Orcinus.
It's all good, really
Posted by: zizka / John Emerson at January 27, 2004 05:06 PMBusy Busy Busy
Posted by: Tony the Pony at January 27, 2004 06:39 PMOrnicus.
The Rush, Newspeak and Fascism article should be required reading of all citizens.
TPM (and, sigh, everyone else on the list).
Posted by: beth at January 28, 2004 12:32 PMTalking Points Memo
Posted by: David W. at January 28, 2004 01:13 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Warbaby at January 28, 2004 01:24 PMMaking Light
Posted by: cr at January 28, 2004 05:53 PMOff the Kuff
Posted by: Easter Lemming Liberal News Digest at January 28, 2004 07:46 PMBusy, Busy, Busy
Posted by: Adri Overgaauw at January 28, 2004 08:18 PMTPM Can't wait to see how the grand jury votes
Posted by: Mark McKenna at January 29, 2004 11:54 AMOrcinus-What an eye opening piece that is.
Posted by: m at January 30, 2004 02:35 AMBest Series - Busy, Busy, Busy
Posted by: Robert Sobak at January 30, 2004 10:18 AMMark Kleiman for his series of Valerie Plame posts both on his own site and on Open Source Politics.
Posted by: Rodger at January 30, 2004 03:19 PMOrcinus-for the seriosness of the issue. Ted Barlow for sheer enjoyment
Posted by: Bill Rushmore at January 30, 2004 06:33 PMMark Kleiman
Posted by: Steve at January 30, 2004 09:35 PMTalking Points Memo
Posted by: nochnaya babochka at February 1, 2004 05:04 PMOrcinus
Posted by: Initials CB at February 1, 2004 08:08 PMMaking Light byTeresa Nielsen Hayden for her series on the missing or destroyed Iraqi Antiquities.
Posted by: Francis Deblauwe at February 3, 2004 01:58 AM