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Thursday, June 26, 2008 --- 55 days ago http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/media_events/cuny_panelist_compares_al_sha
 From left: author Keli Goff , HuffPo's Amanda Michel , New York Times writer Jodi Kantor , senior producer at MTV News Liz Nord Last night, Jere Hester , director of NYCity News Service, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, led a panel discussion on "2008 Election: The Ultimate Communications Case Study" at CUNY's new spot on West 40th Street. Hosted by New York Women in Communications, not surprisingly nearly all of the 75 attendees were women who happily greeted one another over plates of veggies, hummus, and cheese. The four panelists, Keli Goff , author of Partycrashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence ; Jodi Kantor , a political journalist for The New York Times ; Amanda Michel , project director of Huffpost's OffTheBus ; and Liz Nord , senior producer at MTV News, who runs Street Team '08 , discussed the ever-changing form of media and the role of the Internet. "For me, covering an election for MTV is super exciting because it's such a youth-oriented election year," Nord said. Both she and Goff attributed this increased civic participation to dissatisfaction felt by a generation that's grown up with the Iraq War and highly contested elections. Kantor noted that young people are affecting older generations. She mentioned one example where a woman in Virginia was supporting Barack Obama because of the emails her son sent her. "This student was actually in control of what his mom was thinking," she sa ... |
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