about the strainer
Welcome to mediastrainer, where i separate the interesting from the noise in the worlds of print, blogs, on the radio and on tv.
This site is primarily interested in economics and foreign policy, but also in health care, the media and entertainment. The basic goal here is boil things down to their essence, or pulp, so I welcome others to post the good things they come across.
About me: I’m a staff writer at an alt weekly in Knoxville, TN. After completing a graduate degree at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, I worked at The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, now The PBS Newshour, before taking my current job. Before attending Medill I spent two years in China.
