This in from Josh Cole '09. Some months back we blogged about this online student publication focused on the upcoming presidential election, and Josh joined their team. Check it out. Josh writes:
Professor,
You told me to shoot you an email when the Scoop 08 launched. Well it launched today! Technically it launched yesterday, but I take more iconoclastic glee in having it start up on November the fifth. The link is this: www.scoop08.com
I always try to remember the 5th of November.
The Scoop '08 is a student driven news source. It's dedicated not only to coverage of current events, but insightful analysis of the 2008 election as a whole. While it has a regular group of columnists, beat reporters, and editors it also accepts contributions. In fact, the Scoop is going to rely on readers to contribute perspective.
On a personal note, I think it's becoming a more interesting experiment. I didn't know it was going to be as reader-oriented as its seems to be. Wikipedia as journalism? Political participation as journalism? It's never been done before, at least not so expressly. My thoughts range from, "This is great!" to, "This is a strange Orwellian situation!" It's exciting to say the least.
--josh cole, columnist
