“Who, what, where, when, why, web” is the tagline of my new blog, Sixth W! It predates the poll by a week - so I came first, I guess.

Anyway, thanks for voting for the good one. :) I’ll be blogging this soon to try and get more votes.

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But I agree with Kate that I’d probably vote for “I meet people you read about.” That was the reason I cited in my recent post about “Why Journalism?”

Kate, you’re also right that many of the Poynter submissions were pessimistic. That’s why I liked the one I voted for: Who, what, when, where, why, Web — All the important elements of a journalistic piece of work these days.

I voted for “Please stop griping, now start typing” because some of the others were too pessimistic. I try to be a glass-is-half-full person, but with the layoffs in my area (Seattle Times and P-I), it’s hard to be optimistic.

@ Jared, I liked your “I meet people you read about.” I think if you’d submitted that it might have made honorable mention at the very least.

My suggestions for the entry were more tongue-in-cheek, like “Dark time sucks, shallow coverage ahead.”

Here’s a few others:

I want to know everything, now.

I’d rather be blogging right now.

Journalism is a discussion about everything.

I meet people you read about.

Wow that is harder than it seems.