WVU :: Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism

Digital Media and the 2008 Presidential Election
The School of Journalism and WVU Festival of Ideas will host a panel of national reporters, bloggers and new media producers discussing digital media and its impact on the 2008 Presidential election.

7:30 pm in the Mountainlair Ballrooms

Panelists include:

ANA MARIE COX
Ana Marie Cox is the Washington editor of Time.com, where she coordinates political coverage and hosts the Web site’s political blog, Swampland. She also writes features and essays for both the print and online editions of Time. Cox is the founding editor of the blog, Wonkette, covering politics, policy and Capitol Hill gossip, and she is the author of the novel “Dog Days,” a political satire of Washington, D.C. (Read the complete bio...)

PHILIP DE VELLIS
Philip de Vellis is a senior associate and vice president of new media at Murphy Putnam Media. He is best known as the creator of the “Vote Different” ad, which blended Apple’s “1984” spot with footage from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign Web site. The ad has received more than 3 million views on YouTube and was featured on every major television network, cable news channel, newspaper and political blog. (Read the complete bio...)

ROSS DOUTHAT
Ross Douthat is a senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly and a blogger for TheAtlantic.com. He is the author of “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” (Hyperion, 2005), and the co-author, with Reihan Salam, of “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream,” to be published this June by Doubleday. (Read the complete bio...)

TERENCE SAMUEL
Terence Samuel is deputy editor of TheRoot.com, an online magazine aimed at African-American readers published by The Washington Post. Samuel is a former senior editor at U.S. News and World Report and national correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He was the director of news programming at AOL Black Voices and is a political columnist for the online edition of The American Prospect, where he has written mostly about Congress. (Read the complete bio...)

ABBI TATTON
Abbi Tatton is an Internet reporter for CNN, covering blogs, Web video and other new media for “The Situation Room.” As one of the first Internet reporters in television news, Tatton has produced stories on the war in Iraq, the London subway bombings, the 2006 midterm elections and Hurricane Katrina. She has also covered the emergence of blogs and Web video as a force in national political campaigns. (Read the complete bio...)

MIKE TOMASKY -- Moderator
Michael Tomasky is the editor of GuardianAmerica.com, the U.S.-based Web site of The Guardian newspaper of England. The Web site provides coverage of American politics, culture and general news, combined with material from the Guardian’s global correspondents. Tomasky was the editor of The American Prospect and his work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, The Nation and many others. (Read the complete bio...)

MATTHEW YGLESIAS
Matthew Yglesias is an associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly and writes a blog for TheAtlantic.com. Previously, he was a staff writer at The American Prospect and an associate editor at TPM Media, where he contributed to the group blogs Tapped and TPMCafe. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Slate, The New Republic, and he is a regular on BloggingHeads.tv. (Read the complete bio...)

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	Digital Media and the 2008 Presidential Election The School of Journalism and WVU Festival of Ideas will host a panel of national reporters, bloggers and new media producers discussing digital media and its impact on the 2008 Presidential election. 7:30 pm in the Mountainlair Ballrooms Panelists include: ANA MARIE COX Ana Marie Cox is the Washington editor of Time.com, where she coordinates political coverage and hosts the Web site’s political blog, Swampland. She also writes features and essays for both the print and online editions of Time. Cox is the founding editor of the blog, Wonkette, covering politics, policy and Capitol Hill gossip, and she is the author of the novel “Dog Days,” a political satire of Washington, D.C. (Read the complete bio...) PHILIP DE VELLIS Philip de Vellis is a senior associate and vice president of new media at Murphy Putnam Media. He is best known as the creator of the “Vote Different” ad, which blended Apple’s “1984” spot with footage from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign Web site. The ad has received more than 3 million views on YouTube and was featured on every major television network, cable news channel, newspaper and political blog. (Read the complete bio...) ROSS DOUTHAT Ross Douthat is a senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly and a blogger for TheAtlantic.com. He is the author of “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” (Hyperion, 2005), and the co-author, with Reihan Salam, of “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream,” to be published this June by Doubleday. (Read the complete bio...) TERENCE SAMUEL Terence Samuel is deputy editor of TheRoot.com, an online magazine aimed at African-American readers published by The Washington Post. Samuel is a former senior editor at U.S. News and World Report and national correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He was the director of news programming at AOL Black Voices and is a political columnist for the online edition of The American Prospect, where he has written mostly about Congress. (Read the complete bio...) ABBI TATTON Abbi Tatton is an Internet reporter for CNN, covering blogs, Web video and other new media for “The Situation Room.” As one of the first Internet reporters in television news, Tatton has produced stories on the war in Iraq, the London subway bombings, the 2006 midterm elections and Hurricane Katrina. She has also covered the emergence of blogs and Web video as a force in national political campaigns. (Read the complete bio...) MIKE TOMASKY -- Moderator Michael Tomasky is the editor of GuardianAmerica.com, the U.S.-based Web site of The Guardian newspaper of England. The Web site provides coverage of American politics, culture and general news, combined with material from the Guardian’s global correspondents. Tomasky was the editor of The American Prospect and his work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, The Nation and many others. (Read the complete bio...) MATTHEW YGLESIAS Matthew Yglesias is an associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly and writes a blog for TheAtlantic.com. Previously, he was a staff writer at The American Prospect and an associate editor at TPM Media, where he contributed to the group blogs Tapped and TPMCafe. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Slate, The New Republic, and he is a regular on BloggingHeads.tv. (Read the complete bio...)