Campaigns and Elections contributing editor.
Chad Dotson and I have some great news: We’ve both been named contributing editors for Campaigns & Elections Magazine’s new technology section. The duty that comes with this position is to write a monthly column. So Chad and I will have side-by-side columns in each issue, in which we’ll write about the overlap between technology and politics, with a focus on the political blogosphere.
C&E is, of course, the publication in the political world, so I’m flattered and a bit overwhelmed by this opportunity. The bulk of the credit for this must surely go to the Virginia political blogosphere and Marc Fisher, whose “Blogging on the Hustings” provided our community with the exposure that brought Chad and me to the attention of Campaigns & Elections. Without the Virginia political blogosphere being such a fine and productive bipartisan community, this bipartisan column pairing wouldn’t have happened.
Our first columns will be in the April issue. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, collaborating each month on our joint topic and, for the first time, writing on a deadline. Ironically (or so some would perceive it), we’re now a part of the dreaded “mainstream media.” Much like those who came of age in the 1970s eventually learning to trust anybody over 30, perhaps this will give bloggers somebody in the “MSM” that they can trust.
I hope you’ll read each month, and I know you’ll let us know what you think.
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