I become a political junkie every four years during the Race for the White House. As a lifelong Republican, I'm generally cheering on the guy in the elephant suit. This year, not so much.
Part of my obsessional behavior during this heated political season involves checking certain political blogs such as the Drudgereport and The Huffington Post , sometimes several times a day to read the latest headlines and gossip from the political trail. Occasionally, I'll even leave a clever comment or two (ha!) on these sites, expressing my 'fair and balanced' view of things.
Since no good deed goes unpunished, The Huffington Post has culled its comments sections, amassed one huge mailing list of Interested (irritated) people and sent them an invitation to become journalists! (Can you imagine the reporting emanating from the type of people who actually leave some of those comments? Reporting live from Mars! Hilarious!) On the other hand, I think it's a brilliant idea to let the inmates take a crack at running the joint....it certainly riffs on this year's theme of grassroots politics. Which I think has been a breath of fresh air....
I wanted to share the email I received in the event any of you would be interested in participating as a journalist. This is clearly the election of a lifetime, there is a lot at stake for our country in terms of our domestic economic policy and international relationships going forward. Who we elect will truly matter this time.
Here's their invitation, join in if you want to be heard!
Hi,
It's the electoral race of the century. Political maps are being redrawn, and rules are getting rewritten across the board. Fundraising records have been broken. The candidates are even comparing the sizes of their email lists.The mainstream media is tripping over itself to report on every last press release and campaign announcement. But do any of us REALLY know what's going on? With you helping from the frontlines, the Huffington Post can change campaign coverage.
It's the electoral race of the century. Political maps are being redrawn, and rules are getting rewritten across the board. Fundraising records have been broken. The candidates are even comparing the sizes of their email lists.The mainstream media is tripping over itself to report on every last press release and campaign announcement. But do any of us REALLY know what's going on? With you helping from the frontlines, the Huffington Post can change campaign coverage.
OffTheBus is HuffPost's citizen-powered and -produced election site, and we're depending on readers like you to tip us to what's going on or, better yet, to write up the stories you think should be covered.WOULD YOU HELP US? JOIN HUFFINGTON POST'S OFFTHEBUS. Click here to sign up.
Chances are you're a political junkie. That's why you got involved in HuffPost's community as a commenter. But why stop there? By becoming a member of HuffPost's OffTheBus, you can publish op-eds and news stories to the Huffington Post. You get first-hand access to editors. The best citizen reporting is cross-posted to the politics page and homepage.
Or, you can jump into our collaborative reporting assignments, like our Superdelegate Investigation or OffTheBus Party Map.
GET PUBLISHED AT HUFFINGTON POST. Click here to sign up for OffTheBus. Last October OffTheBus members dropped in on Sen. Barack Obama's Nationwide Canvassing Day from more than two dozen locations. Hours later every observer independently relayed to us that the economy, not the war, was the voting issue. Twenty-four hours later we reported on the significance of the economy, beating the mainstream media to the punch by a few weeks.As our numbers grow, the same collaborative reporting model that got HuffPost's OffTheBus the scoop on the economy may tell us a lot more about what's happening nationwide.YOU GAME? JOIN HUFFPOST'S OFFTHEBUS. Click here to sign up.Best,The
OffTheBus team -- Amanda, Marc, andJohn
5 comments:
That is interesting. I think you should go for it!
Arianna Huffington came to my church to talk during our adult education hour. She was really sharp and charismatic. Interesting, vital woman.
VERY VERY COOL ----did you respond?
sadly it's also very very not my voice :)
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So are you going to do it?
Hi JCK, MizFit, and Keetha, I have actually signed up. We'll see what happens. I'll keep you posted!
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