Alex Fitzpatrick

Reporter, Mashable

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Politics @mashable. I serve at the pleasure of the Internet. Go #NYR. Contact: alex@mashable.com

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John V. Lynn '83 Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Journalism
2010 - Student Journalism
This award is for an undergraduate who excels in journalistic activity on campus. I received it for my work as News Director and later Station Manager of SUNY Geneseo's 89.3 WGSU.

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Have you ever used a typewriter?
I'm actually in the process of repairing a 1930s-era Royal.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
#PewPew. Thanks, @NASA!

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*quietly backs away from Twitter for the evening*
Well, there's a burden off my shoulder. RT @thedailybeast: Why Jews should stop worrying about intermarriage thebea.st/1atFtJv

Why Jews Should Stop Worrying About Intermarriage

thedailybeast.com — As the founders and funders of Taglit-Birthright happily embrace the findings of a new study that claims Birthright alumni are more likely to marry other Jews, we're reminded of the deficient rhetoric that surrounds the Jewish intermarriage conversation.

Michael Hastings, Reporter

rollingstone.com — There's a scene from Michael Hastings' first book, I Lost My Love in Baghdad, where he describes being at a school assembly in his hometown of Malone, New York. He was in the fifth grade and his school ("a very small Catholic school in a very small town") had brought in a returning veteran to describe his experiences in the first Iraq war.
@grahamdavida spiderpimp, spiderpimp, does whatever a spiderpimp does
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