Making Democracy Happen News, Bloggers and New Media in 2008 Ohio Jill Miller Zimon Wide Open: blog.cleveland.com/wideopen Writes Like She Talks: writeslikeshetalks.com [email_address] University of Akron Bliss Institute of Applied Politics October 11, 2007

Blogs are different From Bernard Most’s book, The Cow That Went OINK

Pay attention to me…

Connect with me… From Burning Man 2006 by Tom Davis at www.geometer.org

Tell me something I don’t know… Pete Hanson  2004

Work with me.

Keep your eye on the blog. From http://www.deskshare.com/Resources/articles/rss.aspx

Do you know who I am?

Conceal & skew=Reveal & spew

Issue? I don’t even know you. Photo courtesy of Subodh Chandra

Does anybody really care? On a typical day in August, 26 million Americans were using the internet for news or information about politics and the upcoming mid-term elections. That corresponds to 19% of adult internet users, or 13% of all Americans over the age of 18 . From 9/20/06 Pew Report on E-Gov and E-Policy

A day without blogs is like a day without…  Jim Borgman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9/30/04

Thank you Professor John Green, Joe Hallett, Bill Hershey, Professor David Cohen, Kimberly Haverkamp Amy Gahran (contentious.com) David Warner (cartoonchurch.com/blog/) Jill Miller Zimon Wide Open: blog.cleveland.com/wideopen Writes Like She Talks: writeslikeshetalks.com [email_address]

Professor John Green, Joe Hallett, Bill Hershey, Professor David Cohen, Kimberly Haverkamp

Amy Gahran (contentious.com)

David Warner (cartoonchurch.com/blog/)