The Monkey Cage (blog)

The Monkey Cage was a political science blog. Established in 2007, it was published by The Washington Post from 2013 through 2022. In 2023 it relaunched as the website Good Authority.

History[edit]

The blog was created in 2007 by a small group of academics, in a quest to get people interested in their political science research. It soon attracted writers, gained readers, and won awards[1]

In 2013, it entered into a three-year publishing deal with The Washington Post, which was renewed several times over the years.[1][2][3][4]

After leaving The Washington Post in 2022, the blog planned to relaunch as an independent site in 2023.[5] It has since relaunched as the website Good Authority.[6]

Purpose and contents[edit]

The blog was created in part to push back on political media coverage and policy discourse that ignored political science research.[1][7] The blog's contents have been described as a form of explainer-journalism,[7] as the blog primarily published short editorials by academic political scientists who summarized their political-science research or apply political science to current events. The blog also occasionally published pieces by scholars in related academic disciplines.[8][9]

Political scientist Erik Voeten was an editor on The Monkey Cage for some time.[10]

Recognition[edit]

In 2011, the blog won "Blog of the Year" by The Week magazine.[11]

The blog's content has been cited in numerous newspapers.[9] According to John M. Sides, the blog was visited by 719,000 people and viewed over 2 million times from November 2007 and December 2010.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "How academic blog 'Monkey Cage' became part of the mainstream media". Inside Higher Ed. January 18, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Kafka, Alexander C. (January 10, 2016). "How the Monkey Cage Went Ape". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Gold, Hadas (August 26, 2013). "Monkey Cage to Washington Post". POLITICO. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "The Monkey Cage joins The Washington Post in a Wonkbloggy, 538ish deal". Nieman Lab. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  5. ^ TMC Editorial Team (December 5, 2022). "A transition for TMC (The Monkey Cage): Moving on from The Washington Post". Washington Post. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "About". Good Authority. September 21, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Nexon, Dan (July 11, 2021). "The Vision Thing: More on the New Duck". The Duck of Minerva. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "About The Monkey Cage". The Washington Post. 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Sides, John (2011). "The Political Scientist as a Blogger". PS: Political Science & Politics. 44 (2): 267–271. doi:10.1017/S1049096511000060. ISSN 1537-5935. S2CID 154727650.
  10. ^ "Erik Voeten". Georgetown University. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  11. ^ Farley, Robert (2013). "Complicating the Political Scientist as Blogger". PS: Political Science & Politics. 46 (2): 383–386. doi:10.1017/S1049096513000061. ISSN 1049-0965.
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