Back to Reality for the College Kid Behind 'Sochi Problems'
Alexander Broad once controlled the hottest thing online. Six weeks ago, the Twitter account he started, called @SochiProblems, aggregated the seemingly endless stream of photos showing shoddy infrastructure in the the 2014 Olympics' host city despite the games' e**rmous $51 billion budget
With each new photo upload — dysfunctional toilets, putrid-looking tap water, hotel rooms still being built as guests moved in — @SochiProblems drew new followers like a magnet. Before long, Broad's creation had a larger audience than @Sochi2014, the game's official Twitter account. Interview requests poured in from outlets all around the world, as did vague work offers for the 20-year-old Canadian journalism major Read more...
03-19-2014, 09:41 PM
Back to Reality for the College Kid Behind 'Sochi Problems'
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