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MSM vs Digital in 2009 with NYT’s Brian Stelter

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ December 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

On today’s Wilshire & Washington, we ask the question: Who’s on top, the MSM or Digital Media? Who’s leading the discussion, why, and is it a good thing? To help us navigate this tricky landscape, we’ve got New York Times reporter Brian Stelter with us; Stelter covers television and digital media, and spent over three [...]

Hollywood Politics: The Making of a Twitter Cause Celeb

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ November 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s the video from last week’s panel at the #140conf. The panel features some of my favorite colleagues: Ted Johnson (Managing Editor, Variety), James Sutyando (Strategic Development, CauseCast), Jacob Soboroff (Reporter AMC News and Founder Why Tuesday?), and Wendy Cohen (TakePart.com, Participant Media).
Many thanks to Jeff Pulver for having us in the mix; [...]

New Gig, New City. I Promise to Stay for Awhile.

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 15, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

I’m proud to announce that I’ve accepted a job with the Energy Action Coalition, a DC-based network of about 50 environmental rights groups committed to solving the root problem we face in America today: a dependence on dirty, unsustainable foreign oil and a climate in peril. I believe that working for aggressive, equitable, immediate change [...]

Please Join Me to Celebrate Post-Election Millennial Activism

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m hosting an event in conjunction with Living Liberally and Net Movement Politics, and I hope you can join me.
It’s been a year since President Obama engaged a new generation of Americans in his historic non-traditional campaign, but what are those fearless young leaders doing now? We’re gathering some of them together to discuss how [...]

Getting Geeky With It: LIVE from the Gov 2.0 Summit

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In today’s Wilshire & Washington, we talk Government 2.0 with special guest Dr. Mark Drapeau, an Associate Research Fellow at the National Defense University and Co-Chair of the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase and the Gov 2.0 Expo in May 2010. The Gov 2.0 Summit (#gov20s), currently being held in DC, is bringing together some of [...]

Millennial Mourning: Tweeting, Facebooking & Appreciating Ted Kennedy

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

As America mourns the loss of legendary senator Ted Kennedy, I can’t help but marvel over the way that technology has affected the way we mourn his passing, and the generational gap this difference illustrates.
For example, here is how the news played out in my personal Millennial sphere of influence:
7:30am >> Usual morning routine: Roll [...]

Is Obama’s Health Care Maelstorm the Birth of Millennial Politics?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For a nation enmeshed in a generational and technological realignment, it’s not shocking that doubts have begun to surface about the viability of our unprecedented president’s vision for a new American era. As casual citizens and politicos terrified for years by threats of violence, economic collapse and moral certitude cling to the familiar mechanisms of [...]

The Future of Netroots: GOP Disruptions, Daily Kos & the Role of OfA

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With Netroots Nation coming up next week, we have joining us DailyKos General Manager Will Rockafellow for today’s Wilshire & Washington. We talk the future of the netroots and, now that President Obama has been in office for six months, how tactics will change online. The Republicans are certainly getting into the swing of things [...]