Peter Orvetti
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Peter Orvetti (born October 11, 1974) is an American journalist who ran Orvetti.com, a political news report and blog from 1997 through 2002.[1][2]
An early internet-based journalist, Orvetti was called "a talented journalist, and completely independent" by former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry,[3] and his site was favorably compared to the Drudge Report by several Web site reviews. Daily Kos also cited Orvetti's early influence in the development of that site.[4]
Orvetti gained attention in the run up to, and on Election Night 2000[2] and during the following Florida recount.[5] Orvetti.com reportedly received over 1,000,000 unique visits on Election Night, and Orvetti claims he "took back" Florida from the George W. Bush column four minutes before any broadcast network did the same.[6] Orvetti.com was nominated for Best Politics site Webby Award in 2001.[7]
Orvetti also occasionally published op-ed pieces with the Scripps Howard News Service[8] and in various newspapers. In 2009 he published a memoir entitled Reconciliation: A Half Life.[9]
Orvetti graduated from Hampshire College, and also attended Divinity School at Harvard.
[edit] References
- ^ Archive.org, www.orvetti.com
- ^ a b Declan McCullagh (October 26, 2000). "Keeping Track of Tracking Polls". Wired. http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/10/39727?currentPage=all. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ Archive.org, www.orvetti.com, About
- ^ Markos Moulitsas (August 5, 2004). "A Brief History". Daily Kos. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/5/35451/65527. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ Ken Layne (November 10, 2000). "Who Lost the Election? The Internet ... Maybe". USC Annerberg Online Journalism Review. http://www.ojr.org/ojr/business/1017962635.php. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20010207195957/orvetti.com/elecnite.html
- ^ 2001 Webby Award Winners, Retrieved Nov. 12, 2009
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20010413080719/www.polkonline.com/stories/120900/opi_orvetti.shtml
- ^ http://www.outskirtspress.com/Reconciliation/
