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16
Thanks to Anastasia for this piece on RootsCamp, an event in Columbus that was held last Sunday. I agree with her noting the Ohio Democratic Party stat that in 2004, they only had eight employees and someone who works there now was heard to say that they have around 50.
She gives a nice mention here but there were many worthwhile sessions:
Cleveland-area bloggers Jeff Coryell (ohiodailyblog.com) and Jill Miller Zimon (writeslikeshetalks.com) led a panel on the intersection of old and new media based on their recent experience blogging for the Plain Dealer’s Wide Open blog, which fell apart in confusion over whether restrictions on campaign donations by reporters did (or should) apply to bloggers who were hired to be partisan. Zimon also led a panel on getting more women to run for office, attended by, among others, an actual candidate: Kelley Wenzlaff, who’s running for state rep from Delaware County’s second district (momforthehouse.com).
You can read more about Wenzlaff here. She let me bend her ear a lot and realizing that there are women who are moms, even mainly moms, running for office really helps show that it can be done – if you want to do it and have something to offer.
Thanks (or sneers) go to Dave Harding, The Unknown Cameraman, for this footage of RootsCamp, including Jeff Coryell and I and other campers in one session, and myself and others in another.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:52 pm January 16th, 2008 in 'Roots News, Blogging, Ohio, Politics
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