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August 16, 2003

Dean Campaign's Net Savvy Shows

A good once-over of the Dean campaign and supporters' 'Net efforts.

Dan Gillmor's eJournal - Dean Campaign's Net Savvy Shows

August 10, 2003
posted by Dan Gillmor 08:56 AM
(This was also his Sunday column from the San Jose Mercury News.)

BURLINGTON, Vermont

On July 10, Zephyr Teachout posted a short note on the weblog for Howard Dean's presidential campaign. She was looking for programmers to help on several projects, one of which would let volunteers around the country create a social network to share their best ideas more efficiently

She quickly got scores of responses. Members of an unaffiliated group called Hack4Dean, since renamed DeanSpace, were among those who answered the call, and a site she's calling ``Visible Volunteers'' is taking shape.

Teachout, 31, heads ``Internet outreach'' for a campaign that is rewriting some of the rules of politics. Dean's team isn't the first to use new media in a national race. However, more than any previous campaign, the people running this one truly get the meaning of the Net.

Full column...

Read It Rating: 8
Left/Right Rating: L1
Freedom Rating: 1.5
Learning Percentage: 45%

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