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“I think of the things I’ve donated to online,” says Sinker, “and they’re totally things that I saw myself reflected in and had this real core belief in. [Daily] newspapers─by their definition─don’t try and do that. The Washington Post has great political coverage, but would you donate to them because you like politics? I wouldn’t, because I don’t see myself as a part of that. But if Talking Points Memo or the Daily Kos─well, I’m probably more of a Talking Points Memo person─so if [owner Josh Marshall] puts up a message and is like, ‘Hey, can you throw $10 my way so I can do some things?’ which he’s done before, I’d do that.
In the aftermath of February’s Chicago Journalism Town Hall, freelance writer Leah Pietrusiak interviewed Sinker and several other journalists who’d been there — including RedEye editor Tran Ha and Town Hall moderator Ken Davis — to find out what they were now thinking. The intriguing responses have been just posted as “Media Streams of Thought” on the Web site of the Association for Women Journalists in Chicago, with photos by Karen Kring. Pietrusiak has made a significant contribution to a robust conversation.
