More Challenges to Informing Voters Online: Lessons Learned by Tracy Westen

[After posting our blog on 'A Dirty Dozen Reasons ..’, Tracy Westen followed up with an email detailing additional challenges learned during the 1990s when he worked through the Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) in Los Angeles to improve voter information. His note was so informative, and useful, that I have posted it here with … Continue reading More Challenges to Informing Voters Online: Lessons Learned by Tracy Westen

In Praise of Academic Engagement

I am just back from a stimulating symposium at Northwestern University focused on rethinking scholarship on online news, which led me to reflect on the value of such events, and a related seminar series we have an MSU for the Media and Information Department. Of course, the Quello Center that I direct organises many seminars, … Continue reading In Praise of Academic Engagement