New Hire for Brownstoner
We were going to wait another couple of weeks before sharing the news but we were scooped yesterday so the cat’s out of the bag. As The Observer reported, Gabby Warshawer, who’s been the web editor for The Real Deal for the past seven months, will be joining Brownstoner.com in August, thereby doubling the site’s…
We were going to wait another couple of weeks before sharing the news but we were scooped yesterday so the cat’s out of the bag. As The Observer reported, Gabby Warshawer, who’s been the web editor for The Real Deal for the past seven months, will be joining Brownstoner.com in August, thereby doubling the site’s editorial firepower in one fell swoop. In addition to bringing a real reporter’s touch to the blog, the fact that Gabby’s based in Gowanus should boost our (wo)man-on-the-street coverage of all those nabes south of Atlantic Avenue. (See, we’ve been listening to all those complaints about the blog being too Clinton Hill-centric.) You should also notice an uptick in the site’s coverage of community board and other neighborhood meetings come autumn as a result. Having another writer around will have the added benefit of giving us the time to nurture other parts of the site like the Forum and Renovation Blogs, both of which should benefit from the software upgrade we have planned to happen within the next couple of weeks.
Two Staffers Leaving The Real Deal [NY Observer]
Gabby! Hurrah! Congrats! (it’s phil’s friend molly)
You said that your updating the forums. Please tell us your switching to something useful like phpBB or other forum that causes the topics with recent activity to bubble to the top . The useless set up you have now only get answers to a topic posted in the last few days. After that it falls off the top of the list, and even if someone finds the topic and posts a new question to it, no one else notices and the question goes unanswered. And then the person with the question has to start a new topic.
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Well, similar to doing a house renovation, it turns out that doing a site renovation takes twice as long as you think when you start out 😉 Most of those things are in the works (though we’ve put the contractor ratings on hold until we can come up with a way to make sure it won’t be a repeat of the broker ratings with competitors just bad-mouthing each other) and hopefully with the new editorial help we can speed them along. As for the open house picks omission last week, that was a one-time thing because we were theoretically on vacation for a few days.
Is she hot ?
Is she hot ?
Mr. B, what ever happened to all of the “super things” that were “supposed” to come down the pike, e.g., contractor rating, an improved forum, neighborhood videos, and FSBO section? Are these still in the pipeline? Also, what ever happened to the brownstoner real estate listings section? Last Friday, “Open Houses” feature was omitted. Is this a permanent change?
Sorry for asking so many questions but I’m a big fan of this site and only wish it continued success.
Good, more bullshit.
That’s great news, Mr. B. I hope you will also be able to devote more time to those stories that attracted many, including me, to the site in the first place – the brownstones (all row houses) and their neighborhoods. Renovation, history, preservation, decorating and salvage, gardening – that sort of thing.
I understand with all that goes on in Bklyn these days, a site completely devoted to that is no longer possible, but I hope you can include more such items in the future, in addition to everything else.
This is all great, and I look forward to the improvements to come.
That’s a big step. Congrats!