A new political blog worth reading...

I don't get political on this blog nearly as much as I'd like to and the main reason is, there are people out there who can do a much better job at that than I can. One of the absolute best in the business is my friend Karen OCamb, one of the smartest, hardest-working journalists around. She can be awfully tough on interview subjects, but she is such a nice person to know.

GayWired Media announced on Tuesday that they are launching a new, exclusive column by Karen that examines the policies and issues affecting the LGBT community leading up to Super Tuesday 2008, when an upward of 20 states’ voters will head to the polls to cast a ballot for their party’s presidential candidate.

Said Paul Colichman, CEO of GayWired Media: “We are thrilled to gain the expertise of Karen Ocamb to deliver her own brand of political coverage focusing on priorities important to the LGBT community. Karen is sure to bring a voice to GayWired Media that is both original and thoughtful in its analysis of the 2008 primary season.”

Karen began her career at CBS News in New York clerking for Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer during Watergate and the end of the Vietnam War. Post-CBS, she went on to produce and contribute to numerous mainstream and LGBT media outlets, including The Los Angeles Times, The Advocate, TV Guide Online and Sirius Satellite Radio, before joining GayWired.com in 2000, when she covered the Millennium March on Washington, the Democratic and Republican conventions and the 13th International AIDS Conference in South Africa.

In 2004, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association/Los Angeles honored Karen for her body of work. That same year she was named Woman of the Year by Christopher Street West, organizers of Los Angeles’ annual LGBT Pride Event.

Starting today, visit 247gay.com and GayWired.com each Tuesday for Karen Ocamb’s column.