Coverage for Election 2008 is Brought to You by Respectably French!'s RFN and the Harvard Independent

Who are we and what are we doing? This web site grew out of a collaboration between Respectably French's Nicholas Krasney and Ho Tuan, and the Harvard Independent, in an effort to integrate an incisive, organized news presentation with Web 2.0 interactivity, coverage, and commentary. The result is a web site where blogging, vlogging, commentary, chat, social news, and live video are seamlessly integrated into a web dashboard where college students can both absorb and participate in political coverage and conversation.

Our goal is to add new breadth and depth to the level of political discourse and dialog at Harvard. Too often have terrific discussions of political events on IOP Open been halted due to concerns over e-mail spam, or been constrained by the narrow bandwidth of the communication medium. Other times, the absence of an organized, centralized political web site at Harvard has impeded the flow of valuable information and have kept people from events they would have liked to know about.

We hope you enjoy this early manifestation of our vision for Election 2008. We hope you’ll watch, read, and participate. Stay tuned for updates about what we’re doing next.

For now, Nicholas Krasney and Ho Tuan are being dispatched to cover the RNC. Other great bloggers and vloggers will cover the DNC.

Questions? Comments? Feedback? Want to participate?

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ABOUT THE HARVARD INDEPENDENT

As Harvard College's weekly undergraduate newsmagazine, the Harvard Independent provides in-depth, critical coverage of issues and events of interest to the Harvard College community. The Independent has no political affiliation, instead offering diverse commentary on news, arts, sports, and student life. To learn more about the Independent, visit us online at www.harvardindependent.com.

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Interested in joining our staff? We offer opportunities in the following areas: News, Forum, Arts, Sports, Business, Design, Graphics/Photography, and Technology. The Independent has served as an outlet for student-generated ideas since its founding in 1969, and, whether your interests lie in writing or business or design, there is a space for you on the paper. We emphasize a writer-driven approach to generating content, strive for an entrepreneurial business environment, and foster creativity of layout and design in each issue we publish. Questions about joining the Independent can be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

You can also learn more about the Independent by attending one of our fall recruitment events. We'll be at the Fall Activities Fair on Wednesday, September 9th, so feel free to drop by our table to browse our issues and ask us whatever questions you might have. We'll also be holding an open house in our office on Friday, September 12th from 2-3 PM. Our office is number 243 at the Student Organization Center at Hilles. The open house will be a relaxed, informal meet-and-greet that will give prospective staffers the opportunity to get to know us, check out our office, and learn more about what we do. Finally, you can attend our info session on Saturday, September 20th from 2-3 PM in the Lamont Forum Room in Lamont Library in the yard. We hope you can make it to one of these recruitment events - but even if you can't, feel free to get in touch via email. We'd love to have you on our staff!