Michigan
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Contacts
- Eric B. - Owner and Editor, Michigan Liberal - ebaerren@gmail.com
- Julielyn Gibbons - Outreach Director, Michigan Liberal - julielyngibbons@gmail.com
- Laura Packard - Owner, Michigan Liberal - lpackard@umich.edu
- Cathleen Carrigan - Editor, Blogging for Michigan - wizardkitten@comcast.net
- Christine Barry - Editor, Blogging for Michigan - christinebarry@gmail.com
- LoRayne Apo-Joynt - Michigan Statewide Coordinator, New Journalist Program - raynetoday@gmail.com
The new media ecosystem
- the components, how they work together, local and national blogs, local and national media, issue campaigns inside politics, etc.
The new media ecosystem probably includes such things as all the newspaper comment boards / blogs? Also the MIRS and Gongwer subscription-based insider email publications.. they're like Michigan's Hotline in the capital. Plus Inside Michigan Politics, the biweekly paper newsletter.
The big rightwing blog is rightmichigan.com.
Use of new technology overview
- public information on whats been adopted in the past 3 years
Netroots communication and engagement
Online activists tend to value the internet as a way for ordinary people to be involved in civic participation.
Online Fundraising
Online fundraising has brought new donors into politics. The online fundraising success of MoveOn and the Kerry campaign set a new bar for what was possible from national campaigns.
Online advertising options and non-options
Mailing lists
- MoveOn, Care2, Kerry, Progress Michigan
- The big email lists in MI are (Governor) Granholm, (Senators) Stabenow & Levin, and the MDP as well as MoveOn and the former Kerry list.
Reccomendations
- You should create an account on the state's diary-based (or community) blogs. If you are posting information on your own blog, you should cross-post it on this blog as well
