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Quick Hits - MTV Misses Payroll, Help for Veterans, Young Obama Staffers, and Best Practices for Internet Organizing

  • Erica America reports that MTV is shafting their citizen journalists on their paychecks. The problem was widespread since the early days of the program, prompting a number of the original Street Teamers to resign.
  • The Boston Globe notes that the Curtis Gans report I blogged about yesterday also casts some doubts on the utility of early voting.
  • A New York Times Editorial alerts us to The American Veterans’ and Servicemembers’ Survival Guide, a book to help veterans navigate and get their due from the government bureaucracy. The book is put out by Veterans for America.
  • As we talk about getting young people a seat at the table in the new administration, The Washington Post reminds us that Obama's chief speech writer is only 27 years old, the youngest person to ever hold the post.
  • It's Getting Hot in Here reports that Hilda Solis, the new Labor Secretary, is a big Green Jobs advocate.
  • Wellstone Action has published some best practices for internet organizing.
  • Speaking of internet organizing, Google's DC Talks series just released two great videos on the subject. The first features Obama blogger Sam Graham-Felsen and Buffy Wicks, one of the campaign's field directors. Buffy was at Roots Camp and gave a great presentation on the Obama field strategy. The second video is a panel on open government that I have not yet had a chance to watch.



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December 19th, 2008 5:20pm
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