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Written for NY Times, W Post, Slate, Salon, Daily Beast. Publisher Twelve (Hachette)
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An expanded paperback edition of my book COLUMBINE came out March 1, 2010. Links to the book and my bio below: http://www.davecullen.com/columbine.htm

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010 1:54PM

Insights from 2010 National Book Award judge Sara Zarr

Sara Zarr has weighed in on the year she just spent on the judging panel for one of the four National Book Awards. (She's in the Young People's Literature category, where she was a 2007 finalist for Story of a Girl.)

Sara abides by the agreement not to divulge any arguments or/…

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010 1:28PM

Why I love Patti Smith—rooting for you at the National Book

The National Book Awards will be announced at a dinner tomorrow night. (I'll be following the live tweets by the foundation that puts them on.)

My congratulations go to all the nominees, but I'm rooting like crazy for Patti Smith in the nonfiction category, for her memoir, Just Kids. (It's abou/…

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010 12:22AM

Word leaks: Talented writer to edit new Yahoo movie site

Yahoo is moving hard after the content market now. They bought Associated Content for $100 million this spring, and now they are grabbing professional writers and journalists to build entertainment sites.

Word leaked today that they hired New York Magazine writer Will Leitch as one of the editors for…

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010 2:49PM

A news org actually hiring: New Editor Job

One of the best organizations I've encountered in the journalism field the past ten years has been The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, which is now part of the Columbia Journalism School.
I'm an Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center, and part of the Dart Society, which is launching an… Read full post »
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NOVEMBER 12, 2010 6:41PM

Pentagon study undermines argument for Don't Ask Don't Tell, and Cindy McCain links it to gay teen suicides


Washington Post headline:


The paper broke the story of what the long-awaited study will reveal:
A Pentagon study group has concluded that the military can lift the ban on gays serving openly in uniform with only minimal and isolate… Read full post »
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NOVEMBER 11, 2010 10:44AM

Veterans Day thanks, memories & photos, to gay and straight soldiers

Happy Veterans Day to everyone serving in the military right now, or earlier in your life.

I just had my old yearbooks from infantry training at Ft. Benning shipped here from storage in Denver, because I'm working on a story.

Man, those brought back a flood of memories. They make the day feel…

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010 1:37PM

Best Books Lists: A pattern Emerging Already

Publishers Weekly unveiled its 100 Best Books of 2010 list today, and the Top Ten is remarkably similar to Amazon's last week.

They share six of the same top ten titles:
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NOVEMBER 7, 2010 5:00PM

The NYC Marathon on one leg

Congratulations, John Devine. Congratulations on completing the New York City Marathon. And thank you for being hero today.

I was worn out this morning and ready for a day of rest. I settled in to watch the climax of the NYC marathon on the TV, even though the finish line was one… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010 10:30AM

Interviewing advice: Roles sources can play

Third in a series for writers and journalists.

This third installment on interviewing comes at the job differently than the previous two. I suggest you only skim the list, and glean from it the following: 
  • You're hunting for a whole lot of things from sources, and most can only provide some of
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NOVEMBER 4, 2010 2:36PM

Amazon's Best of 2010 list rewards books that took time

Halloween now marks the kickoff of the annual book best lists. I think that's way too early, but I'm very happy with what I see.

Amazon unveiled a remarkable Top Ten this morning:


My favorite part of their write-up:
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NOVEMBER 4, 2010 9:30AM

I need (specific) sleep advice

Just to be clear from the outset, I am not not NOT looking for general advice on sleeping better. (Was that clear?) I've read lots and lots on sleep, and I'm gathering data to see a professional. But I have a couple specific questions where I'd love some help:

1. A sleep… Read full post »
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NOVEMBER 3, 2010 12:41PM

My new life in NYC: 1st in my youtube series

I finally followed through on a promise made months ago, and started capturing snippets of my new life in Manhattan on youtube.

Click to view at youtube(I moved from Denver July 12, after threatening to do it for a good thirty to forty years.)

The first installment is on my neighborhood on the…

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010 2:50PM

(500) Days of Summer

I finally got to (500) Days of Summer this weekend, and it's the best movie I've seen in quite awhile.

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are magnetic. I believed them both completely, and couldn't take my eyes off them. They are both going to be huge one of these days.

The direction/…

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OCTOBER 30, 2010 11:28AM

Time for new Project Runway judges—Mondo won the real prize

Time for Project Runway to consider new judges.

I am a bit late to the party on that one, because I felt no sense of urgency in watching the inevitable of their finale this year. I was eager to get the full view of Mondo's collection, and watch him beam when they…

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OCTOBER 29, 2010 4:01PM

Ten Interview Tips: Mechanics

Second in a series for writers and journalists.

Ten Interview Tips: Mechanics
  1. Document every call. Even 2-minute follow-ups. Log time, date, name, #, in advance.

  3. Write constantly, but paraphrase most: bullet points, key phrases, important ideas. Only get full quote when it’s quotable.
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OCTOBER 28, 2010 5:42PM

Evolution of a website; 4th design in 10 years—What do you think?

I first bought my name back in 1999, I believe. It was DavidCullen.com back then because some early Dave adopter grabbed the version of our name I wanted before it occurred to me.

Today: Oct 2010Today, I submit my fourth all-new look from the course of that decade. I created it myself,…

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OCTOBER 27, 2010 5:40PM

Half our kids admit to bullying—the worse part

A huge study came out yesterday, with dismal findings on bullying.

The report statement begins:
 According to a new study by the Josephson Institute of Ethics (the largest ever undertaken of the attitudes and conduct of high school students), half of all high school students (50 percent) admit th… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 26, 2010 6:48PM

Advice for young journalists--Part 1: The Essence of Interviewing

First in a series on advice about writing, publishing, etc., for writers and journalists.

I get asked about writing and reporting every week, and I've been promising to get some ideas down for students and aspiring writer/journos. As I create them, I'll stash them all on the new Advice for Writers pag…

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OCTOBER 25, 2010 8:32PM

Why Keith Richards is still doing it


I just read this Keith Richards quote from his new autobiography.

"People say 'why don't you give it up?' I don't think they quite understand. I'm not doing it just for the money, or for you. I'm doing it for me." —Keith Richards

OK, I needed to hear that. Because I have said/…

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OCTOBER 22, 2010 4:41PM

Never pick up a burning-hot burner

I wonder whether the Yale students I spoke to Monday noticed the blister protruding a quarter inch out of my thumb. It's hard to illustrate the depth into this pic (I didn't really get the angle right), but it was fully inflated when I arrived in New Haven Sunday night.

I moved/…

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OCTOBER 21, 2010 4:46PM

I'm on Spike TV Saturday on Columbine

This Saturday morning, Spike TV is rerunning the “Don’t Be a Victim†show on Columbine that featured me.

They use me as the sort of guide through the story for the first half of the 30-minute segment. It first ran a few months ago, but I didn't say much in advance,…

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OCTOBER 21, 2010 11:12AM

A great newish MFA writing program--and their new lit mag is out

The fall issue of The Coachella Review is out.

It features
The review is put out by the Creative Writing MFA program at The University of California, Riverside—Pa…

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OCTOBER 19, 2010 11:41AM

Foodless!

Yikes. I never let the fridge get this bare. Usually I've got shit piled all on top of itself.

The cupboard is stripped, too. All the soups, the bread, fruit . . . I've got coffee.

I've got a voracious appetite/metabolism, and I crash hard when I don't eat. But I've been/…

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OCTOBER 17, 2010 7:12PM

I might be in NJ--Train-ride up to Yale

I barely made it, of course. Haha. My subway hit Penn Station ten minutes before departure time, and I wasn't sure where Amtrack was in that place, but seemed like enough time.

My credit card has been over-swiped, though, and the kiosk kept rejecting it. The human ticket line was way… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 15, 2010 3:38PM

Off to Yale--with interivew advice for young journalists

Steven Brill is teaching my book Columbine to his Yale journalism class this semester, and asked me to come speak to them, so of course I said yes. I have admired him for ages, and I've never been to Yale. (Definitely not invited.)

We set a date for October, and it's/…

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