Democratic National Committee
Summary
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support of Democratic Party candidates, and not on public policy. The DNC was established at the 1848 Democratic National Convention.The Democratic National Committee provides national leadership for the Democratic Party of the United States. It is responsible for promoting the Democratic political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. Shortly after his inauguration, Barack Obama transferred his Obama For America organization to the DNC, along with its 13 million person email list, as restrictions prevented him from taking it with him to the White House.
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Reuters Snatches Up Ex-NYT Editor Jim Roberts
Reuters has hired former New York Times managing editor Jim Roberts as executive editor of Reuters digital, per a company memo fromReuters digital editor Chrystia Freeland to staff this afternoon.
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Monday Q&A: Bill Wheatley on presidential debates, how they’ve changed, and how they should
For a certain breed of political junkie, the Twitter back channel has become as much a part of the election as what the candidates are actually doing and saying.
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AP promises members it won’t break news on social media
Associated Press At the Associated Press Media Editors confab in Nashville, Tenn. , AP Executive Editor and Senior Vice President Kathleen Carroll promised the service’s users it wouldn’t scoop them:.
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New Comedy Central ads: ‘You can trust us’ for political coverage
“The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” are back, after being on hiatus following coverage of both national political conventions. In the next few weeks, viewers can look forward to seeing more unadulterated political coverage of the presidential election,… Read more.
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Photo Essay: Independent Media Flexes Muscles at DNC
At the Democratic National Convention taking place in Charlotte this week, there's a huge focus on independent media, especially blogging and citizen journalism. With convention delegates and the media armed with iPhones and using Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, this election is more connected and real-time than any that has come before.
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Bill Clinton enters the fact-checking fray with DNC speech
FactCheck. org | The New York Times | Bloomberg | The Washington Post | Time Bill Clinton’s speech to the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night was “a fact-checker’s nightmare,” write FactCheck. org’s Lori Robertson, Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson and Robert… Read more.
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Daily Must Reads, September 5, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. DNC out to a stronger start than the RNC on social media (Lost Remote)2, Knight Foundation funds 20 projects for community reporting, data and collaboration (Poynter)3. The Atlantic's digital properties post 'record-setting' August (FishbowlDC)4. Flipboard CEO expresses concern over Twitter's relationship with third-party developers (The Next Web)5.
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Democratic Convention on pace to trump GOP in social media
The DNC is out to a much stronger start than the RNC on social media. Twitter said that Michelle Obama’s speech peaked at more tweets per minute (28,003) than Mitt Romney’s speech (14,239) by a big margin. Original Story:.
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YouTube: We didn’t block the Democratic National Convention’s live stream
The Democratic National Convention’s opening night live stream drew tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers to YouTube Tuesday night. But viewers who wanted to catch up on the speeches after the fact were left disappointed: The recording of the event was inaccessible, with an error message claiming that it was “blocked in your country on copyright grounds.
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U.S. Travel Wants RNC and DNC Delegates to “Vote Travel”
You are here: Home » News » U. S. Travel Wants RNC and DNC Delegates to Vote Travel August 27, 2012.
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