Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Media Walk-Through… Take 2

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We may never know if the Media Walk-Through originally scheduled in June was delayed because of the Invesco Field switch or a money issue. Today, a day after officially announcing that Barack Obama will make his acceptance speech at Invesco Field, the DNCC finally met with press at the Pepsi Center.

We’re seeing reports of what happened around the Internets and will fill you in with some interesting things we’ve found out. Continue Reading...

Monday, June 30, 2008

ACLU and protest groups still not happy

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The ACLU was in court again over conditions for protesters at the 2008 Democratic Convention:

The American Civil Liberties Union and several advocacy groups have filed an amended complaint to their lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service and the city and county of Denver that says protesters and demonstrators may have their First Amendment rights violated by security restrictions. Continue Reading...

Monday, June 30, 2008

Al at The Field wants his convention credential back

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If you haven’t followed the story of Al Giordano of The Field and how he’s unjustly lost his bloggers’ credential, go over to the new location of The Field, and read the latest update. Al has been doing some great blogging this spring, and he deserves to be in Denver.

To quickly summarize, he was awarded a credential for blogging at his first blog, the owners of that blog started to censor him, so he moved to his current blog. But the original blog owners still have the credential, even though the original blog wouldn’t come close to qualifying for a credential without the traffic Al brought it. Continue Reading...

Friday, June 27, 2008

The Big Tent

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The Big Tent will be the blogosphere’s home away from home at the Democratic Convention:

The Big Tent will be the place to be for new media journalists, bloggers, reporters, and non-profit leaders covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer. Continue Reading...

Friday, June 27, 2008

Delegates… leave your deep fryers at home

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The South has been a huge political headache for the Democratic Party for the better part of the last half century. In the last 10 presidential elections, for example, the South was pretty solidly behind the Republican presidential nominee.

So, you would think the Democrats, with their 50-state strategy instituted by national chairman Howard Dean, would be a little more accommodating to the Southern delegates to the party’s presidential convention in Denver in August. Continue Reading...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

$50 Million Approved for Convention Security

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Finally some good news involving money and the convention.

Federal officials have told the city they approved the $50 million in federal funds to offset any security-related costs for hosting the Democratic National Convention, a top aide to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said Tuesday. Continue Reading...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Congresswoman Diane DeGette introduces “Denver’s Finest” video series

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette represents Denver, Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is looking forward to the Democratic National Convention and has created a this series of Web videos to give attendees the inside scoop on “Denver’s Finest”.

You can see the rest of the videos at the DNCC Website Continue Reading...

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Convention to be simulcast in Spanish

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Surprising this hasn’t been done before:

The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced today that Comcast Corporation will produce simultaneous, online streaming coverage of the Convention in Spanish at DemConvention.com and make available a broad range of Convention content through its signature On Demand service.
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From the Comcast Media Center, based in the Denver metro area, Comcast will provide live, gavel-to-gavel Spanish-language interpretation of all Convention activities from the Pepsi Center to be streamed online at DemConvention.com from August 25-28. This marks the first time a national political Convention has been completely simulcast in Spanish and made available to a worldwide audience. – DNCC Press Release Continue Reading...