david plouffe, the campaign manager for obama 2008, just finished giving an hour and half speech at pomona college in claremont, california. he was described in the event’s “lecture bill” in the words of his former boss, now president, obama. “he is the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the … best political [...]
Entries from March 2009
plouffe @ pomona college
March 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: california · news media · politics · technology
non-profit newspapers?
March 24th, 2009 · No Comments
the non-profit newspaper idea appears to be getting some traction. from early op-eds in the new york times kicking the idea around, to senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) introducing a bill to establish a non-profit status for newspapers, it appears that some people have begun to actually try to solve the problem, not just analyze it. [...]
Tags: media · news media · technology
This Week In Film Theory: Sergei Eisenstein
March 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
i’ve been taking an outstanding film theory class with phil rosen this semester. rosen, it tuns out, is kind of the reigning critical perspective on the authors we are reading: eisenstein, bazin, munsterberg, etc. a couple of weeks ago, in an attempt to both exorcise my creative demons and begin assessing the necessary theory for [...]
Tags: Culture · brown university · culture studies · film · media · semiotics
digital technology & new media journalism
March 10th, 2009 · No Comments
its been a long time since i’ve read a paper copy of the new york times. its been an even longer time since i read a copy of the boston globe. yet everyday, i manage to peruse these publications in great depth, because their websites have become better and better, and i am spending more [...]
Tags: Internet · boston · culture studies · media · new york · technology · visualization