Embassy Press Release

WebChat: Journalism Professor to Discuss Impact of New Media on Politics

New technologies and their savviest users are leaving their stamp on many U.S. election campaigns -- exposing candidate gaffes, boosting fundraising and reshaping the news cycle.

On January 10 at 11:30 EST (18:30 in Romania), please join journalist and professor Thomas B. Edsall for a discussion of the impact of the new media on politics.

Thomas B. Edsall is the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore professor of national affairs reporting at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. He covered American politics for 25 years at the Washington Post and is currently a correspondent for the New Republic, a contributing editor at the National Journal and the political editor of the Huffington Post, an online publication.

If you would like to participate in this webchat, please sign up on the USINFO Webchat registration page ( http://webchat.state.gov/?tid=unsecure.register ). Please tell us your preferred screen name; use of full names is not required.

If you have participated in one of our previous webchats, use the same e-mail. (You no longer need to enter a password.) You may submit questions in advance.

We accept questions and comments in advance of, and at any time during, the program. You may also e-mail ( mailto:usinfowebchat@state.gov ) questions without registering.

The transcript of this webchat will be available on USINFO's Webchat Station ( http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/Products/Webchats.html ), where information about previous and upcoming webchats also is available.

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