2010-11-02T18:38:28Z Post Pundit Judges' Blog tag:views.washingtonpost.com,2010:/pundit-judges/103 Copyright (c) 2010, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2010-11-02T18:38:28Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-11-02:/pundit-judges2010/11/conor_williams_wins_angp_2010.html

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Marisa Katz 2010-10-28T23:40:20Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-28:/pundit-judges2010/10/the_semifinal-round_vote_results.html

The results are in. After watching our final four in a video round-table debate and a live online discussion, readers voted for Ted Reinstein to be eliminated from the contest. Reinstein was a reader favorite in the previous two rounds of voting. And since by day he's a television reporter, the video challenge should have played to some of his strengths. As part of the video critique, judge Jonathan Capehart complimented Reinstein for being "so...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marisa Katz 2010-10-27T23:10:35Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-27:/pundit-judges2010/10/capeharts_critique_of_the_video_challenge.html

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Marisa Katz 2010-10-26T16:01:56Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-26:/pundit-judges2010/10/it_comes_down_to_heroes.html

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Dana Milbank 2010-10-25T20:41:31Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-25:/pundit-judges2010/10/why_so_unwilling_to_take_a_stand.html

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Fred Hiatt 2010-10-25T20:15:03Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-25:/pundit-judges2010/10/wheres_the_personality.html

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Gene Weingarten 2010-10-23T00:54:01Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-22:/pundit-judges2010/10/results_for_the_blogging_round_vote.html

The results are in. Readers voted for Conor Williams, Lauren Hogan and Ted Reinstein to move on to the next round. Conor, Lauren and Ted will be joining blogging round winner Nancy Goldstein for a live discussion with readers at noon on Monday. And we hope you'll send some good questions their way. (You can submit questions before or during the discussion.) Also based on reader votes, we have to say goodbye to Amina Luqman,...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marisa Katz 2010-10-22T12:30:47Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-22:/pundit-judges2010/10/nancy_wins_the_round_and_some_final_thoughts.html

First, I should say I was very impressed by the quality of the writing from the contenders, the top fraction of a percent of those who applied to the contest. Some I am sure will go on to win other rounds of America's Next Great Pundit Contest, and should, based on their facility with the column form and assured prose. But for the blogging round, it's Nancy Goldstein. My criteria in making the pick: whose...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Garance Franke-Ruta 2010-10-22T11:35:14Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-22:/pundit-judges2010/10/strong_finish.html

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Kevin Huffman 2010-10-22T11:31:58Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-21:/pundit-judges2010/10/why_nancy.html

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Greg Sargent 2010-10-21T15:19:04Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-21:/pundit-judges2010/10/focus_on_features.html

I was a little disappointed that in the recurring feature challenge no one suggested anything visual or that involves Web video. Items with art get better click-through and also encourage readers to spend more time on any given page, and in general video and photo offerings are as important a part of any given blog as links. To the challenge, then. I've divided my reactions to the proposals into categories: Yes. Nancy Goldstein, "Oy Vey...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Garance Franke-Ruta 2010-10-21T12:38:04Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-21:/pundit-judges2010/10/some_are_starting_to_pull_away.html

Some of the contestants are hitting their stride and finding their voice. I'm not a huge fan of the "regular feature" device, since I think it's brutally hard to come up with a permanent hook with no advance notice. The Wednesday morning blogs were a little stilted, but I cut the contestants some slack there. It was a warm-up for the afternoon posts, which I thought had some standouts and some writers who are finding...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Kevin Huffman 2010-10-21T00:58:16Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-20:/pundit-judges2010/10/your_blog_needs_an_identity.html

When people come to your blog, they need to have a clear sense of exactly what they're going to get when they arrive. Your blog needs an identity. People need to have an instinctual grasp of what it's about. A sense of whether you're doing original reporting, or aggregating of stuff that others have overlooked, or your own special mix of the two. A general feeling that the tone and point of view and subject...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Greg Sargent 2010-10-20T16:13:16Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-20:/pundit-judges2010/10/blogging_about_blogging.html

What a lot of copy! The first thing to know about blogging in the era of the social link is that your copy will be competing in a heavily stocked marketplace of ideas where it is likely initially to be heavily link dependent and reliant on a handful of portals to reach readers, unless you have an existing social media or other following. That means the writing, reporting and thinking has to stand out and...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Garance Franke-Ruta 2010-10-20T04:36:00Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-10-19:/pundit-judges2010/10/tuesday_-_better_but_still_not_there.html

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Kevin Huffman