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Kevin Featherly, Political Reporter / Tech Writer / Freelance Journalist /  Columnist; caricature by Kirk Anderson

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Kevblog archive

06/07/04
The Reagan Legacy
06/06/04
Governor Pawlenty Responds
06/02/04
The Non-Stick Governor
05/30/04
Election Industry Inc. and the Reich Stuff
05/28/04
Memo: Army Predicted Contractor Problems
05/27/04
Terror Warning: What The Hell Was That?
05/25/04
Iraq: The Bitter Lessons of History
05/23/04
Where Do I Fit?
05/19/04
Rest in Peace Civility
and Common Sense

05/16/04
Running The Other Way
with Ad Guru Hillsman

05/09/04
Friendless in St. Paul
05/06/04
The Bad CEO Theory is Proven
05/03/04
The Bad CEO?
05/02/04
Say There, Brother,
Can You Spare a Mil?

05/01/04
Leave Evangelizing to the Evangelists
04/29/04
In Early '01, Bremer
Bashed Bush on Terror

04/27/04
Giving President Bush
Credit Where It's Due

04/23/04
Dean, Stewed in Weber's Kettle
04/21/04
Incurious George
04/19/04
Free Wally
04/18/04
How I Discovered the Kinks
04/17/04
Youthful Voters Engage

03/27/04
Introducing Kevblog


Selected past articles

Don't Stop Treating Third Parties Fairly -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 25, 2004 (with Tim Penny)

My iBook Failed Me -- St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jan. 7, 2004

Did the Star Tribune Minnesota Poll Destroy Tim Penny's Campaign? -- Minnesota Law & Politics, March 2003

Digital Video Recording Changes TV For Good -- St. Paul Pioneer Press, Feb. 9, 2003

Distraught Over Son's Disappearance, Mom Says Downtown 'Dangerous' -- Skyway News, Dec. 19, 2002

Major Label First: Unencrypted MP3 For Sale Online -- Newsbytes.com, May 23, 2002

Eskola and Wurzer: The Odd Couple -- Minnesota Law & Politics, January 2002

U.S. on Verge of 'Electronic Martial Law' -- Newsbytes.com, Oct. 16, 2001

Disorder in the Court -- Minnesota Law & Politics, October 2001

Stopping Bin Laden: How Much Surveillance Is Too Much? -- Newsbytes.com, Sept. 25, 2001

Verizon Works 'Round The Clock' On Dead N.Y. Phone Lines -- Newsbytes.com, Sept. 13, 2001

Artificial Intelligence: Help Wanted - AI Pioneer Minsky -- Newsbytes.com, Aug. 31, 2001

Monkeeing Around In 3D -- Newsbytes.com, June 4, 2001

Who Will Hear You When You Stream? -- San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 22, 2001 (with Steve Jones)

RTNDA: For Journalists, The Times They Are A-Changin' -- Newsbytes.com, Sept. 14, 2000

Bill Hillsman: Minnesota's Most Dangerous Political Player? -- Minnesota Law & Politics, May 2000

Attacks Hobbled Entire Net, Web Tracker Says -- Newsbytes.com, Feb. 11, 2000

Hacker Mitnick Freed -- Newsbytes.com, Jan. 24, 2000

Mr. Computer, Gimme Re-write -- Editor & Publisher, Dec. 7, 1999

Will Ventura Devise a Web Spin Cycle? -- Editor & Publisher, Oct. 21, 1999

It Is Written -- Ventures, November 1998

TV's Threat Gets Bigger On The Web -- Editor & Publisher, Nov. 1, 1998

Local Broadcasters: The Net's Sleeping Giant -- Online Journalism Review, June 26, 1998



The Kevrock Dept.

This is the cover of my home-recorded 2002 CD, "Gettysburg." Linked selections are available to be played as MP3 files.


Gettysburg, copyright 2002, Kevin Featherly


Track Listing

  • Seaweed Boots (Featherly/Koester)
  • She Sees Me (K. Featherly)
  • She Knows Me Too Well (Brian Wilson)
  • Salt Mama (K. Featherly)
  • Another Age (K. Featherly)
  • So Special (K. Featherly)
  • Bring it on Home (Sam Cooke)
  • Being Free (K. Featherly)
  • Tammy (K. Featherly)
  • River City Blues (K. Featherly)
  • Beware of Darkness (George Harrison)
  • Gettysburg (K. Featherly)
  • Minong at Midnight (K. Featherly)
  • Violent State of Mind (Nate Featherly)
  • Don't Do It (Featherly/Featherly/Koester)
  • Save the World (Koester)
  • The Grave Song (Featherly/Koester)

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-- Jacob Needleman, The American Soul

Selected Published Articles


Don't Stop Treating Third Parties Fairly -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 25, 2004 (with Tim Penny)

My iBook Failed Me -- St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jan. 7, 2004

Did the Star Tribune Minnesota Poll Destroy Tim Penny's Campaign? -- Minnesota Law & Politics, March 2003

Digital Video Recording Changes TV For Good -- St. Paul Pioneer Press, Feb. 9, 2003

Distraught Over Son's Disappearance, Mom Says Downtown 'Dangerous' -- Skyway News, Dec. 19, 2002

Major Label First: Unencrypted MP3 For Sale Online -- Newsbytes.com, May 23, 2002

Eskola and Wurzer: The Odd Couple -- Minnesota Law & Politics, January 2002

U.S. on Verge of 'Electronic Martial Law' -- Newsbytes.com, Oct. 16, 2001

Disorder in the Court -- Minnesota Law & Politics, October 2001

Stopping Bin Laden: How Much Surveillance Is Too Much? -- Newsbytes.com, Sept. 25, 2001

Verizon Works 'Round The Clock' On Dead N.Y. Phone Lines -- Newsbytes.com, Sept. 13, 2001

Artificial Intelligence: Help Wanted - AI Pioneer Minsky -- Newsbytes.com, Aug. 31, 2001

Monkeeing Around In 3D -- Newsbytes.com, June 4, 2001

Who Will Hear You When You Stream? -- San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 22, 2001 (with Steve Jones)

Internet Arrives As Mainstream Election News Source -- Newsbytes.com, Dec. 5, 2000

RTNDA: For Journalists, The Times They Are A-Changin' -- Newsbytes.com, Sept. 14, 2000

Bill Hillsman: Minnesota's Most Dangerous Political Player? -- Minnesota Law & Politics, May 2000

Adman Claims E-business Largely An Investment Rip-off -- Newsbytes.com, Feb. 22, 2000

Attacks Hobbled Entire Net, Web Tracker Says -- Newsbytes.com, Feb. 11, 2000

Hacker Mitnick Freed -- Newsbytes.com, Jan. 24, 2000

Mr. Computer, Gimme Re-write -- Editor & Publisher, Dec. 7, 1999

Will Ventura Devise a Web Spin Cycle? -- Editor & Publisher, Oct. 21, 1999

It Is Written -- Ventures, November 1998

TV's Threat Gets Bigger On The Web -- Editor & Publisher, Nov. 1, 1998

Local Broadcasters: The Net's Sleeping Giant -- Online Journalism Review, June 26, 1998

Banned 'Beat Radio' Presses Its Case -- Channel 4000, Sept. 12, 1997

McVeigh: It's Death -- Channel 4000, June 13, 1997



Kevin at the White House
Kevin Featherly, a former managing editor at Washington Post Newsweek Interactive, is a Minnesota journalist who covers politics and technology. He has authored or contributed to five previous books, Guide to Building a Newsroom Web Site (1998), The Wired Journalist (1999), Elements of Language (2001), Pop Music and the Press (2002) and Encyclopedia of New Media (2003). His byline has appeared in Editor & Publisher, the San Francisco Chronicle, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Online Journalism Review and Minnesota Law & Politics, among other publications. In 2000, he was a media coordinator for Web, White & Blue, the first online presidential debates. Currently is news editor for the McGraw-Hill tech publication, Healthcare Informatics.

Copyright 2004, by Kevin Featherly


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