Saturday, December 20, 2003

Good article in the Times about grassroots organizing by the GOP: Bush campaign officials say they envision tens of thousands of volunteers, many armed with palmtop computers with access to a database of voters' names and the issues that move them, fanning out through just about every neighborhood in the country in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Of course, a slightly better article would have mentioned the slick online component to the GOP's effort. 11:44:52 AM    comment []

Jay Rosen and Jeff Jarvis discuss what's new, and what's not, about the Dean campaign. 11:36:34 AM    comment []

The N&R's Margaret Moffett Banks reports that Chico Sabbah's Fortress Re has lost in arbitration with a Japanese insurer and must pay over $1.1 billion in compensation and damages. A separate suit involving the American Hebrew Academy has not yet been resolved. Incredibly, the N&R chose not to put this story online this morning. 10:45:18 AM    comment []

I'm thinking of getting my penis its own email address. Damn thing gets more email than I do. 10:30:14 AM    comment []

Weblogs in Journalism conference at UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Monday, Jan. 26 - Tuesday, Jan 27. I'm on the "Blogging on the Job" panel. And we're still trying to cook up a broader NC blogging conference... 10:28:28 AM    comment []