Help, I want to be a journalist, but I don’t want to generalize!
Every now and then, students and aspiring journalists write to me for advice about entering the field. Here’s an email I sent recently, published with permission. Dear Lauren, I have…
The ultimate otaku Black Friday deal
I am not a Black Friday shopper. If you’re a savvy Internet shopper, you can get deals all year round. With one exception, at least in my experience. Each year…
Otaku Links: Playing catch-up
The Cart Driver just posted his call to arms for the 12 Days of Anime project, where anibloggers post about significant moments in anime watching over the past year. If…
I passed the geek test and it sucked
I’ve written a lot about the “Geek Test.” I’ve even written about the time I failed it. But I don’t think I shared the time I actually passed. It was…
The Otaku Holiday Shopping Guide
The otaku in your life already knows where to buy anime. S/he probably already has that Attack on Titan hoodie that every otaku shop is selling right now. Otaku are…
Otaku Journalist’s top 25 posts ever
From a graduate student’s journalism portfolio to an anime geek’s reporting notebook, Otaku Journalist has changed a lot over the past four years. In that time, I’ve actually published a…
Four years of otaku journalism
What are you going to be doing four years from now? If you had asked me that same question four years ago, I don’t think I would have said blogging.…
Meet the girl who gets paid to watch anime
Holden at her desk in the Crunchyroll office in San Francisco. Victoria Holden gets paid to watch anime. But it’s not exactly as fun as it sounds. “My job is…
Breaking news: Crunchyroll will now simulcast manga, too
Here’s my dirty secret: there’s still one thing I pirate. Every month I go to a scanlation site to read the latest Attack on Titan manga chapter. I justify it…
A tour of Crunchyroll’s office
Last week, you guys helped make my post about Crunchyroll one of the most popular Otaku Journalist posts of all time. This week, I wanted to give you more. It’s…