Odds n Ends

Couple interesting, but small items in the news this morning.

Grammercy Communications, an Albany-based PR firm, is offering $1000 in prizes for anyone who can produce a youth-targeted, potentially viral GOTV video:

A $500 first place prize will be accompanied by up to five $100 prizes for honorable mentions. The video should be under 30 seconds in length, be non-partisan and not mention any specific candidate or interest group, and have a generally positive tone. Creativity and humor that appeals to young people is encouraged. Questions about detailed submission guidelines should be directed via e-mail to GOTV@GramercyCommunications.com. The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 27, 2006.

HeadCount, the all-volunteer, artist run GOTV organization for the jamband community announced that it had met it's goal of registering 5000 new voters for the midterms. The group accomplished this with no paid staff on a budget of $25,000, provided mostly by Dave Matthews Band and Relix Magazine.

UPDATE: Also check out this MyDD diary by Ben Waxman of For Our Future about the lack of media training programs for young progressives.