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The power and influence of David Pogue

A. James Memmott of Muckety writes Friday about New York Times tech columnist David Pogue and his increasing influence in the tech world.

Memmott wrote, “In technology writing and video performing, 2007 had to be the year of the ubiquitous David Pogue, a self-proclaimed ‘card-carrying nerd’ with the ability to translate techno speak into plain English.

“‘The NY Times tech guru is a playful geek whose love and passion for all things gadgety shines through with every over-the-top video he makes,’ wrote the people at gizmodo.com.

“Pogue, whose title at the Times is ‘personal technology columnist’ writes a Thursday column for the paper. He also puts together videos and blogs for the paperâ€™s website.

“No other Times writer, with the possible exception of Will Shortz, the crossword and Sudoku guru, would seem to have so much going on.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.