Some thoughts on ‘The Change We Need’ and inspiration from Barack Obama

March 21, 2009 in UK Politics, US Politics
Tags: barack obama, campaigning, david cameron, fanian society, gordon brown, labour, labour party, nick anstead, nick clegg, obama, political campaigning, the change we need, will straw, yes we can

The thrust of the final chapter of Nick Anstead and Will Straw’s ‘The Change We Need‘ is ostensibly about the need to open up the political process – but what this really means is that the Labour Party need to relax their controlling instincts.
They show how technological advances and the resulting social changes were utilised [...]

“Follow” is to Twitter as the Verb “Friend” is to Facebook

November 20, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: adrian monck, barack obama, facebook, gordon brown, internet, jay rosen, jeff jarvis, Journalism, justin williams, technology, twitter

So it’s official then, of my City coursemates, Ali and I are twice as good as anyone else. It also turns out there’s not much between Matt, Lara, Kat, and Nathan. Coming last is Shona, but that is not much of a surprise.
Now although I wish I was talking about journalistic ability, surprisingly I’m [...]