Our conversation this morning at the Berkman conference on Internet and Politics has ticked off my colleagues Yochai Benkler and Eszter Hargittai. Eszter reminds us… Read More »Open for Questions: Participation, from campaigning to governing
“Would Obama be the President without the Internet? Yes, he would.” That’s Peter Daou, internet strategist for Hillary Clinton. His perspective is more or less… Read More »The changing relationship between internet and politics?
I’m in Cambridge, MA today at a Berkman Center conference on Internet and Politics, an event that seems to roll around every four years as… Read More »A divided government in Ghana?
Polling closed in Ghana’s parliamentary and presidential elections yesterday afternoon, and early results are beginning to roll in, showing a very close presidential contest between… Read More »Good news is no news?
Erik Hersman and I look a bit alike. We’re both beefy, balding white dudes who spend a lot of our time thinking and talking about… Read More »Bridgeblogger and Xenophile, a tale of two bloggers
It was a Ghanaian election that got me interested in journalism in the first place. In December 2000, Ghana faced a fascinating political juncture. Two… Read More »Watching the 2008 Ghanaian presidential election