Rhode Island Creates Another Media Celebrity
I can't believe I hadn't heard this before, but I just read that Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal tech columnist, and perhaps the most powerful man in Silicon Valley, cut his teeth working for the ProJo in my hometown of Warwick, RI. I like reading Mossberg's column in the Sunday paper (even though I wouldn't consider myself part of his target audience).
Are you saying to yourself "Walt Mossberg, where have I heard that name recently?" Perhaps you're recalling Warren (from one of my favorite shows, Ed) talking to The Daily Show's John Hodgman about how awesome Macs are? Yeah. That was it.
Back to that Wired article from above, it also says that Walt used to hang out in Warwick with his best friend, James Woods. Just another data point for (Dilbert creator) Scott Adams's theory about famous people knowing famous people before they were famous.