shouting loudly

I spent last weekend in Las Vegas, presenting some of my research at Netroots Nation’s”The Past, Present, and Future of Progressive Media” panel.  This was my fourth year attending the convention, and the most striking thing about the event continues to be the quality of the audience itself. Netroots Nation has become a standing appointment [...]

UPDATE: also take a look at Rasmus Kleis Nielsen’s commentary on the AR and PA primaries from the perspective of Organizing for America. —– Lt. Governor Bill Halter’s attempt at unseating Senator Blanche Lincoln in the Arkansas Democratic Primary came to an unsuccessful conclusion last night, with Lincoln winning the runoff by a 52%-48% margin. [...]

The Christian Science Monitor is running a story today about a new Congressional Research Service study showing that more Republican Members of Congress (MoCs) are signed up for Twitter than their Democratic counterparts.  The story’s headline, “Social Media Domination: Republicans rule Twitter,” has led to some furious retweeting from the political left and the political [...]

I was excited when Carol Pardun, President of the Association for Education and Journalism and Mass Communication, told me that the group would be issuing a statement supporting network neutrality. I was ecstatic when she asked for my input on the statement. Now, the statement is out, and I’m listed as a contact. Later today, [...]

This will be a quick blog post, since I’m on the road and *extremely* tired.  When my plane touched down an hour ago, I checked twitter to see the following message: RT peterdaou: For those who’ve been following rt/left blogs for some time, 1 of the most dramatic switches is LGF http://bit.ly/5cgi2K You can view the [...]