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Joe Garofoli
Obama testing ways to use Internet to govern
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 24, 2008 - 8:41amLast updated: November 24, 2008 - 8:41am
During the campaign, the Obama team showed how new media tools can be used to win the White House. Now, the president-elect's advisers and allies are previewing how they intend to use the power of online organizing to govern.
Palin: McCain campaign's end-run around media
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 30, 2008 - 7:19amLast updated: September 30, 2008 - 7:20am
The McCain campaign is attempting to do something unheard of in the modern political era. It is not just running against the mainstream media, it is running around it.
Spanish-language TV journalists paid less
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 14, 2008 - 6:57amWhen it comes to Spanish-language television news, high ratings don't translate into high salaries. Many reporters and producers at Spanish-language stations across the country earn roughly one-fourth less in base pay than their competitors at English-language stations.
Cultural divide needs bridging as TV goes digital
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 16, 2008 - 8:10amThe cable and consumer electronics industry is spending more than $1 billion to make sure that TV-watching Americans know they have until February to prepare their sets to receive a digital signal. It's a public information campaign so pervasive that every American will be exposed to an estimated 642 messages - on TV, radio, online and elsewhere - reminding them that if they don't take the appropriate action they will live the darkest of American nightmares: Their TVs will stop working on Feb. 17, 2009. Make that every English-speaking American will receive that number of nags.
