Posted on Apr 30, 2012 Updated on Jun 2, 2021, 5:49 pm CDT
Panda procreation has long been a favorite subject for journalists and newshounds alike—perhaps best immortalized by the “Panda Watch” climax of the film, Anchorman. Now, even this bastion of old school journalism has been swept up by the digital age, as the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. live tweets the artificial insemination of Mei Xiang the panda.
David Holmes is a technology and politics reporter. His work has appeared in Fast Company, the Guardian, the Daily Beast, and Stereogum. In 2011, he wrote the acclaimed "The Fracking Song (My Water's on Fire Tonight) based on ProPublica's investigation on hydraulic fractured gas drilling.