Kerry Lauerman is new projects editor for Salon.com and the Open Salon director. He was Washington bureau chief, in charge of Salon's political coverage, from 2000-2002, later moving to New York where he became New York editorial director. He oversaw the creation and launch in July 2008 of Open Salon, Salon's social content network, which was nominated for a 2008 National Magazine Award for Best Interactive Feature. He has worked as an editor at Mother Jones magazine, the New York Times Magazine, and the late technology magazine Forbes ASAP. His first job was as a copy editor at the Owensboro (Kentucky) Messenger-Inquirer in 1992.

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Friday, Aug 21, 2009 03:21 PDT

Binger turned food critic

Former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni on his torturous lifelong relationship with food Video
Friday, Aug 7, 2009 03:18 PDT

10 minutes with Meryl Streep

The film legend talks about channeling Julia Child, anti-Hillary sentiment -- and the problem with male bloggers
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 06:18 PDT

"Daily Show" on blame game -- and O'Reilly's meltdown

Stewart on Rush, Beck, Olber-Math-dow, and our favorite late-night crazy person Video
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 15:27 PST

Midrange gifts for the cat lover

Little Fluffy could just snooze away on a pile of your dirty clothes -- but why?
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 13:36 PST

Luxury gifts for the cat lover

Stylish, modern splurges for scratching, pooping and carrying without a catfight.
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 10:57 PST

Bargain gifts for the cat lover

Swishing feathers, a tempting tunnel and other simple pleasures to make kitties purr.
Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 04:14 PDT

The end of "Opus"

Berkeley Breathed explains how our coarse national dialogue led him to end his strip. But what fate awaits our beloved, big-nosed hero?
Monday, Sep 29, 2008 03:30 PDT

Her so-called music career

Juliana Hatfield talks about her latest -- and possibly finest -- record, her frank new memoir, and life after being a Gen X It Girl Audio
Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 03:40 PDT

The lost "Profit"

The precursor to Tony Soprano and Dexter was a corporate shark with serious daddy issues -- and a yen for cardboard boxes.
Thursday, Oct 19, 2006 07:40 PDT

Design of the times

"Project Runway" manufactures some hand-sewn drama -- and shows a hint of slip -- as it crowns its next big winner.
Saturday, Aug 26, 2006 06:05 PDT

And the Buffy goes to...

Our third annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land.
Friday, May 19, 2006 07:57 PDT

Series wrap-up: "Will & Grace"

After eight years, it was a drawn-out farewell. But the couple we'll really miss are Jack and Karen.
Friday, Sep 16, 2005 14:51 PDT

The Salon Interview: George Clooney

Hollywood's favorite leading man talks to Salon about the corruption of Joe McCarthy, the courage of Edward R. Murrow, and the idiocy of Ann Coulter and his nemesis Bill O'Reilly.
Wednesday, Sep 7, 2005 01:08 PDT

Reporters gone wild

TV anchors grapple with their sources, the spin wars, and each other. A highlight reel.
Monday, May 23, 2005 13:16 PDT

The doctor is a scrub

In its first half-season -- and surprise finale -- "Grey's Anatomy" shows "ER" how to maintain a healthy medical drama.
Thursday, Apr 7, 2005 12:31 PDT

Warrior for the word

Camille Paglia slams bloggers and trendy academics for degrading language -- and calls for a passionate revival of the great artistic tradition of the West.
Friday, Mar 18, 2005 16:06 PST

A "Trading Spouses" casting call!

Bring us your wealthy, your lesbian, your tattooed masses! You'll go on TV, win a lot of money, and lose only a small sliver of your soul.
Sunday, Feb 20, 2005 13:46 PST

Scene stealer

Maybe you don't know his name, but you know Bobby Cannavale's face. And get ready to see a whole lot more of it.
Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 14:04 PDT

Camille for Kerry!

Paglia says "this entire administration needs to be replaced" -- but finds time to unload on Edwards, O'Reilly and Franken, and many others.
Tuesday, Sep 28, 2004 13:00 PDT

Man bites lap dogs!

Vanity Fair critic and new blogger James Wolcott sinks his fangs into the plush hindquarters of Fox, CNN and the media elite.
Friday, Sep 17, 2004 15:23 PDT

Introducing ... the Buffy!

Salon's first annual award honors the season's most unjustly ignored TV show.
Saturday, Dec 20, 2003 13:00 PST

Coffee-table cornucopia

With the aid of our last-minute holiday gift book guide, fill your loved ones' stockings with Gary Larson, exotic scents, mosque architecture, the moons of Jupiter and the jolliest Santa of them all -- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il!
Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003 04:00 PST

Camille speaks!

Paglia returns to cast a withering eye on Clark ("what a phony!"), Kerry ("the hair!"), Madonna ("a monster"), bloggers -- and the "delusional narcissists" in the White House who led an out-of-his-depth president into a disastrous war.
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2003 09:52 PST

"I've had a great deal of therapy"

With a movie about his stunning journalistic misdeeds coming out, Stephen Glass talks about writing, forgiveness, why he's not a sociopath and having to look away from scenes in "Shattered Glass."
Saturday, Sep 13, 2003 17:14 PDT

"You burn out fast when you demagogue"

Tucker Carlson on why he doesn't like Karen Hughes, what makes Bill O'Reilly "dangerous" and the reasons he prefers CNN to Fox.
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