Jolt
Friday Jolt: PI.com Loses Superstar Reporter/Editor
Today's Loser: The PI.com
The local AP bureau got the word in today's morning meeting that they had a new news editor, PI.com editor and reporter Chris Grygiel.
They quickly started Tweeting the news.
Grygiel, a former AP reporter in NYC, and a longtime PI reporter (and a dynamo reporter/editor at the PI.com's online only experiment since 2009), will be at the PI.com for another two-and-a-half weeks before taking one day off and then taking the reins at the AP bureau in Seattle—overseeing a writers from Seattle to Spokane to Olympia.
AP bureau chief Paul Queary left earlier this year to join local consulting firm, Strategies 360.
There is no word on Grygiel's replacement, though expect more—a lot more if she's going to meet Grygiel's Herculean standard—from news reporter Venessa Ho.
Sight Loser: Jay Inslee
I don't believe it was intentional, but state Rep. Dave Upthegrove (D-33, Des Moines) certainly highlighted the anxiety some Democrats are feeling about US Rep. Jay Inslee's campaign for governor this morning at the Washington Conservation Voters awards breakfast.
Upthegrove was getting the WCV's award for environmental legislator of the year , but the big news was that WCV was giving its early endorsement to Inslee. Inslee was noted in the program as a special guest and took the stage after Upthegrove's brief speech.
During Upthegrove's remarks, however, he singled out, evidently, his favorite environmental leader, making a goofy joke about the Dow Jones industrial average being down, but "our Dow" being up.
Upthegrove was, of course, referring to Democratic King County Executive Dow Constantine, giving him a warm shout out for getting the $20 license fee through the council (with Republican votes) to save Metro.
Constantine deserved the shout out and Inslee got his award, but there was certainly something awkward about the moment and the booming applause from the audience of Seattle liberals given that Constantine has been mentioned as a potential gubernatorial candidate.
The local AP bureau got the word in today's morning meeting that they had a new news editor, PI.com editor and reporter Chris Grygiel.
They quickly started Tweeting the news.
Grygiel, a former AP reporter in NYC, and a longtime PI reporter (and a dynamo reporter/editor at the PI.com's online only experiment since 2009), will be at the PI.com for another two-and-a-half weeks before taking one day off and then taking the reins at the AP bureau in Seattle—overseeing a writers from Seattle to Spokane to Olympia.
AP bureau chief Paul Queary left earlier this year to join local consulting firm, Strategies 360.
There is no word on Grygiel's replacement, though expect more—a lot more if she's going to meet Grygiel's Herculean standard—from news reporter Venessa Ho.
Sight Loser: Jay Inslee
I don't believe it was intentional, but state Rep. Dave Upthegrove (D-33, Des Moines) certainly highlighted the anxiety some Democrats are feeling about US Rep. Jay Inslee's campaign for governor this morning at the Washington Conservation Voters awards breakfast.
Upthegrove was getting the WCV's award for environmental legislator of the year , but the big news was that WCV was giving its early endorsement to Inslee. Inslee was noted in the program as a special guest and took the stage after Upthegrove's brief speech.
During Upthegrove's remarks, however, he singled out, evidently, his favorite environmental leader, making a goofy joke about the Dow Jones industrial average being down, but "our Dow" being up.
Upthegrove was, of course, referring to Democratic King County Executive Dow Constantine, giving him a warm shout out for getting the $20 license fee through the council (with Republican votes) to save Metro.
Constantine deserved the shout out and Inslee got his award, but there was certainly something awkward about the moment and the booming applause from the audience of Seattle liberals given that Constantine has been mentioned as a potential gubernatorial candidate.
