Today it was announced that Marshall Kirkpatrick, a longstanding columnist and reviewer at TechCrunch, would be departing for greener pastures, in the form of consulting work for non profits and startups.
I enjoyed Mr. Kirkpatrick’s involvement in TechCrunch, and while his reviews were always meaty and insightful, I always enjoyed his opinion pieces as well, such as his thoughts on the move by Yahoo! to help syndicate local newspapers.
It looks like Mr. Kirkpatrick will be replaced by Natali Del Conte, a journalist who has worked for Ziff Davis in the past, who has been featured on Cranky Geeks, and who has roots in the entertainment industry — and it looks Mike has put her to work already with two review pieces out already.
While there’s no denying her pedigree, I think its great to see a little more diversity in the Web2.0 arena as the landscape seems to be dominated by The Man. After all, when you do a head count, you might agree that it does seem a little bit like an (all) white-boy’s club.
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