The other day we did a routine scan of the Twitterscape with the keyword "mediabistro" and discovered Alana Taylor, an undergrad journalism major at NYU. We then had a look at her blog, which to our delight is pretty web 2.0 intensive, both in content and in the tools she uses to communicate with her audience. Plus she blogs a lot about Twitter and Julia Allison, so she's already impressing the hell out of us.

She's even lifestreaming on the streets of New York (and dropping names like Mediabistro Circus speaker Robert Scoble):

Then we came across a widget she embedded into one of her recent blog posts:

Pretty endearing huh? We know you're tearing up. We're pulling for Alana, because after perusing her blog and seeing how she uses technology, she pretty much represents the media pro of the future, in all her blogging, Twittering, lifestreaming glory.

So if you're feeling generous, help the girl out. We'd love to see her at the Circus, rubbing elbows with Scoble and the rest of us.

UPDATE: Success!