Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

My role is to now and then draw attention [to their service]. I think of people under 30 as the new civic generation, much like the GI generation. Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. FDA transparency effort.

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Interview Afghanistan Iraq Government 100

NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Blogging has seemed to be more self-centered than a reporter's approach, though some of the best blogs clearly transcend these barriers. I followed the blog around the time of my travel to Venezuela in 2007 during which time the blog reported on the controversy surrounding the license of privately-held RCTV. Blogs Build Transparency.

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Kansas City Venezuela Kansas Broadcast 76

Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

In 2003, I started paying attention to the nascent campaign for president of an obscure ex-governor of Vermont named Howard Dean. Its a trend in journalism schools that a vast majority of our students dont want to be reporters--they want to be opinion-offerers, shapers and makers. No real interactivity.

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Social Media Advocacy Saudi Arabia Online 28

Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

In 2003, I started paying attention to the nascent campaign for president of an obscure ex-governor of Vermont named Howard Dean. Its a trend in journalism schools that a vast majority of our students dont want to be reporters--they want to be opinion-offerers, shapers and makers. No real interactivity.

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Social Media Advocacy Saudi Arabia Journal 28

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

Most weeks his podcast is a direct chat with his listeners, but this week he posted a recent speech, "Moving Forward in Iraq" that he gave at the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. Moving Forward in Iraq Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Senator Barack Obama Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Chicago, IL Good afternoon.

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Iraq Podcast United States Government 40

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Three years later when we received a report back from the group about how they had done, there were five shaky signatures. In the case of the women I spoke about earlier, they really wanted to measure their success by being able to read and write and sign their own letters, and write their own reports.

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Global Fund Interview United States 44

See3

DECEMBER 19, 2007

The video debates—which received one comment, two stars, and was favorited by no one—featured candidates answering a variety of viewer-generated questions ranging from health care to the Iraq war, and racked up 4,881,990 fewer views than a 56-second video of a sleepy cat posted the same day. “Don’t tase me, bro!&#

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