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...novel Chloe Does Yale. Now, Chen pens a column for CollegeHumor.com and hopes to sign a book deal. Chen is the most obviously successful of a dozen or so Harvard students who have used their blogs as stepping stones to larger writing opportunities and careers. Harvard Law alum Jeremy Blachman wrote the farcical Anonymous Lawyer blog and the eponymous book. Jonathan C. Liu ’07 and former FM editor-at-large Leon Neyfakh ’07 now write the weekend edition of Gawker. Former FM Chair Elizabeth W. Green ’06 blogs and reports...
Third year HLS student Jeremy D. Blachman also pushed the envelope when New York Times revealed him as the “Anonymous Lawyer” of the eponymous website. “Anonymous Lawyer” was a fictional account of a pompous, sexist, high-powered attorney. The only catch was that Blachman didn’t mention that it was all made up. Though the site was not hosted by the Berkman Center, Harvard made the papers nonetheless, drawing attention to the possibility for blogging mischief...
...just trying to be funny,” says Blachman. “I didn’t expect to enjoy writing it so much.” By the time the Times article revealed the blog’s fictional nature, “Anonymous Lawyer” had already gained a loyal following. And while many of his faithful readers guessed at his identity, few knew who he was until the Times article went to press...
...Before I did ‘Anonymous Lawyer,’ I didn’t think anyone could really be anonymous,” says Blachman. He continues to post to “Anonymous Lawyer” and also updates a more factual blog, which is listed in the Berkman Center’s directory (http://jeremyblachman.blogspot.com...
...Blachman and Slater tested the limits of the blogosphere’s freedom, but so far, most of the blogs hosted by the Berkman Center are surprisingly inoffensive...