You Say It's Your Birthday

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June 30, 2009

You Say It's Your Birthday

The first post on Chattarati is dated June 30, 2008. But it's just a teaser. The official launch entry is dated July 2.

So perhaps it's fitting that the site's founders chose July 1, 2009 to celebrate its first birthday.

I continue to be amazed at--and, let's be honest, just a tad jealous of (even though that's odd, since it's possible I had some small role in it)--the success of this upstart experiment in citizen journalism. The fact that a group of young (excluding yours truly) writers can exhibit such a fine combination of passion and irreverence toward all things Chattanooga, and have it catch on with readers and "old media" competitors (for lack of a better term), not to mention attract a whole new crop of writers, is one of the most encouraging events of the past year.

Mazel Tov, c-star. This first year of "communal narcissism for the Scenic City" has been great, and here's to many more.

::raises glass::

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