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''Wonkette'' is an American online magazine of topical satire and political gossip, established in 2004 by Gawker Media and founding editor Ana Marie Cox, edited by Ken Layne from 2006 to 2012, and owned and edited by Rebecca Schoenkopf since 2012.〔(Your Wonkette Has a New Wonkette Publisher/Editor, For Freedom! )〕 Prominent U.S. political bloggers including Juli Weiner, Jim Newell and Alex Pareene established their careers at ''Wonkette''. The current editor is Rebecca Schoenkopf, formerly of ''OC Weekly''. ''Wonkette'' covers US politics from Washington DC to local schoolboards. Taking a sarcastic tone, the site focuses heavily on humorous breaking news, rumors, and the downfall of the powerful. It also deals with serious matters of politics and policy. Liberal in outlook, the site is critical of Republicans. The name of the site is a play on the slang word ''wonk'', meaning a "zealous student of political policy",〔(ON LANGUAGE; The 'Bizarre' Bazaar )〕 adding the feminine ending to best describe founding editor Cox and as a play on the word "gazette." ==Launch and history== ''Wonkette'' was established in January 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network. Its founding editor was Ana Marie Cox, a former editor at suck.com. Under her tenure, ''Wonkette'' became known for its sharp and sarcastic voice, and for its mixture of political discourse with humour such as references to gin and anal sex. Cox rapidly established a large reading audience and media notice for the site. The blog gained further national media attention after Cox publicized the story of Jessica Cutler aka "Washingtonienne", a former Hill staffer who blogged about her affair with a member of former Senator Mike DeWine's staff. Cox announced her resignation as ''Wonkettes editor on January 5, 2006, in order to promote her book, ''Dog Days'', and was succeeded by David Lat, the author of Underneath Their Robes, a blog about the federal judiciary, and Alex Pareene, a young New York University student and Gawker intern/guest editor in New York who moved to D.C. for the ''Wonkette'' position. (In late 2007, Pareene moved to the flagship Gawker site and, in April 2010, to Salon.) In June 2006, Lat announced his decision to leave ''Wonkette''. His slot was to be filled by guest editors until August 2006, when longtime political blogger Ken Layne joined as editor. ''Wonkette'' reached its largest pre-2008 audience during the 2006 midterm elections due to scandal coverage of Mark Foley and other incumbents involved in corruption, sex-abuse and bribery scandals. After Pareene and Layne's departure in October 2007, a team of new editors including John Clarke, Jr., and Megan Carpentier was installed by Gawker management. Gawker publisher Nick Denton brought Layne back as sole editor two months later, who put in place the team of Jim Newell of IvyGate, videographer Liz Glover, former Gawker blogger Sara K. Smith, Columbia literary magazine ''The Blue and White'' editor Juli Weiner, and longtime contributors Princess Sparkle Pony (Peter Huestis) and Josh Fruhinger, the Comics Curmudgeon. ''Wonkette'' teams covered both the Denver DNC and St. Paul RNC conventions. Newell and columnist Josh Fruhlinger covered Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington. As with many political websites, readership hit new records between the November 2008 election and January 2009 inauguration. Past and current guest editors and contributors include ''Reason Magazine'' editor Nick Gillespie, ''Washington Post'' reporter David Weigel, DCeiver editor and ''Huffington Post'' writer Jason Linkins, Gawker editor and The Awl founder Choire Sicha, New York comedian and author Sara Benincasa, Chicago artist and journalist Lauri Apple, ''Boston Globe'' political blogger Garrett Quinn, cartoonist Benjamin Frisch, and ''Vanity Fair'' online writer Juli Weiner. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wonkette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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