Erick Erickson

===RedState===
Before starting his own blog called The Resurgent, Erickson was a blogger on another right-wing website called RedState. In 2015, he served as its editor-in-chief and chief executive before resigning from the website later that year.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/magazine/how-donald-trump-set-off-a-civil-war-within-the-right-wing-media.html], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> <ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Erick Erickson to leave RedState|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2015/10/erik-erickson-to-leave-redstate-214444|website=POLITICO|access-date=2015-12-10|last=Gold|first=Hadas|date=5 October 2015 |author-link=Hadas Gold}}</ref><ref name="Atlantic-2015Jan">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/is-the-most-powerful-conservative-in-america-losing-his-edge/383503/|title=Is the Most Powerful Conservative in America Losing His Edge?|last=Ball|first=Molly|author-link=Molly Ball|date=January–February 2015|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Erickson's "Morning Briefing" e-mails grew from 498 subscribers when they began in February 2009 to nearly 70,000 by January 2010. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' noted that "The ability of a single e-mail to shape a message illustrates the power of the conservative network." The article described Erickson as one of the American conservative movement's "key national players".<ref>Markon, Jerry, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/31/AR2010013102860.html "New media help conservatives get their anti-Obama message out"], washingtonpost.com, February 1, 2010; retrieved May 30, 2010.</ref>

Erickson wrote the "Confessions of a Political Junkie" blog and is former editor-in-chief of the "Peach Pundit" blog. In 2010, he co-authored a book called ''Red State Uprising: How to Take Back America'' with Lew Uhler.<ref name=":4">Hanlon, Chip. [http://www.redcounty.com/content/red-state-uprising Red State Uprising!]. ''Red County'', October 5, 2010; accessed November 8, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Catalog|url=http://www.regnery.com/catalogOR.html|work=regnery.com|access-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001821/http://www.regnery.com/catalogOR.html|archive-date=October 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that month, Erickson said that growing up his parents refused to serve "Asian food" on December 7, the anniversary of the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/erick-erickson-pearl-harbor-asian-food|title=Erick Erickson Marks Pearl Harbor Day With Anti-Asian Tweet|website=TPM|date=7 December 2015 |access-date=2015-12-10}}</ref> Erickson's mother appeared to deny the claim to a journalist.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/minutes/125433/erick-ericksons-mom-denies-family-boycotted-asian-food-anniversary-pearl-harbor|title=Erick Erickson's own mom denies the family boycotted Asian food on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor.|last=Reeve|first=Elspeth|date=2015-12-09|magazine=New Republic|access-date=2015-12-10}}</ref> Erickson criticized the report, citing his mother's age.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/09/days-after-shooting-new-york-times-erick-erickson-blasts-gawker|title=Days after shooting New York Times, Erick Erickson blasts Gawker|website=Atlantic Journal Constitution|access-date=2015-12-10|archive-date=2015-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211140455/http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/09/days-after-shooting-new-york-times-erick-erickson-blasts-gawker/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, RedState was sold to [[Salem Media Group]], who replaced Erickson.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = RedState Names Leon Wolf Managing Editor As Erick Erickson Prepares Exit|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/redstate-leon-wolf-erick-erickson_5612acdce4b0dd85030cb569|website = The Huffington Post| date=5 October 2015 |access-date = 2015-12-10}}</ref> In December 2015, Erickson left his position at the site to focus on his radio show.<ref name=":2"/>