As of 26 minutes ago, I am 30 years old. Weird.

(At least by calendar date. I was actually born at 8:01 a.m., so I’ve got a few hours left before I start to bald.)

Also, apparently a few hours ago, I won a pretty nice award — the top prize for Best Investigative Reporting in a six-state area (Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas). This would be for the cheating stuff last year. Yay!

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06 November | 0:59 | Kevin

Congratulations on both! 30's not as bad as they make it out to be...

06 November | 10:29 | Leia

30 is the new black. Happy Birthday!

06 November | 15:22 | EricaLucci

Happy Birthday!

06 November | 16:15 | kitty

Congrats and happy birthday. I agree with Kevin and Leia -- 30's not so bad.

06 November | 20:12 | Abby

Congrats! And feliz cumpleanos!

06 November | 21:35 | amanda

Congrats and happy birthday. May you have many more of both.

07 November | 10:52 | Jonny the Friendly Lawyer

Happy birthday, kid. 30 is when it really all starts, by the way.

07 November | 12:32 |

happy burfday

07 November | 23:45 | Lisa

30? That means the end in journalism, you know.

Welcome to the decade. We've got a year in it together!

08 November | 0:09 | Kristin

Happy birthday, Josh! As one who has been 30+ for a few years now, let me assure you that they rock. Or maybe I rock. No, it's the 30s. Congrats on the award - that's a nice present if ever I heard of one.

08 November | 10:52 | kelly

Happy Belated B'Day, kid. ;-)

10 November | 11:07 | James

Happy birthday and congratulations, though I suspect you cheated to get that award... :)

10 November | 12:20 | Neil

More birthday wishes from another fellow 30-something!

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Joshua Benton

Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Digital Journalism Project at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)