Bonnie Fuller: The Big Life (and New Book!) of a Geeky Canadian [FishbowlNY]
Q: You're a pretty polarizing figure, and it is well-known that you are often criticized in the press. How do you handle that?
A: You gotta get out your armor. Most women are not in as public an industry...we happen to be in a very public profession. It's a good lesson for anyone, though. Even if you're not in a public profession you can still feel the whispers.

Freywatch: Itzkoff corrects the record, and book cops creep in [Galleycat]
When Dave Itzkoff's Intelligencer piece on Riverhead editor Sean McDonald was posted yesterday evening to New York's website, we termed it the end result of what was originally supposed to be an "editor as rock star" profile. Itzkoff took some issue with the term and in his clarification, also gave the backstory for the interview...

Pop Quiz: Keith Phipps [MBToolbox]
Q: Why did the AV Club decide to implement blogs? Has it helped you guys?
A: Because everyone else was doing it and it looked like fun. Okay, that's only part of the reason. There's a lot of stuff we'd like to cover that doesn't fall under the umbrella of reviews and interviews and a year ago-pre-blog and pre-website redesign-there wasn't really an outlet for it.

ABC Describes Woodruff Bomb Tape [TVNewser]
ABC News officials have reviewed the videotapes made by Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt in the moments before the insurgent attack on their patrol.

Milloy: "Part of being white means being 'The Voice of Metro'" [FishbowlDC]
There's an interesting and meaningful discussion taking place on the Washington Post's internal critique board about race and how it fits into the Post's news coverage and their newsroom.

Now this is what we call counterprogramming the Super Bowl [FishbowlLA]
In the face of total ratings anihilation that Super Bowl Sunday always rains down, it's always amusing to note what other channels elect to go with on the day of unending testosterone and buffalo wings.

US Teens Not In Global Cool Clique [Unbeige]
The GenWorld Teen Study recently conducted by Energy BBDO asked teens from around the world what they value. According to study author Chip Walker, it sounds like MySpace.