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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

The Bionic Reporter

A couple years back, my sister Liddy and I were driving up I-95 in a rented Chevy Cavalier on our way back from a Seven Mary Three concert in the Florida Keys when we got to talking about how to create the Perfect Rock Frontman. I've forgotten some of the conversation, but we agreed that he would have the fingers of Jimi Hendrix, the torso of Lenny Kravitz, the head of Jim Morrison, the hips of Elvis, the voice of Chris Cornell, the soul of Bono, and probably some other things.

Anyway, what with Halloween coming up, it might be fun to try the same thing with our trade. What attributes, and whose, would you combine to create the perfect reporter-cyborg?

(And no, you can't just pick Katherine Boo and have done with it.)

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