Comment about Fabrice's review, I agree with his assessment of the article, but Exeley is hardly a citizen journalist--his bio notes that"He has appeared as a commentator on Hannity & Colms, Hardball with Chris Mathews, Scarborough Country, All Things Considered, the Diane Rehm Show, BBC News Hour and others. He has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, the Los Angeles Times, CNN Presents, Wired News, and other publications." He's actually the staff advisor for the Off the Buss Project and the Founder and President of the New Organizing Institute. http://neworganizing.com/ He directed the online campaign for the British Labor Party’s 2005 re-election, and was Director of Online Organizing and ... More »

Candid eye-witness account of a recent press event organized by the Obama campaign in Nevada. This citizen report for HuffPo's Off The Bus series is well written and gives a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse on how the campaign and the press interact to get a candidate's message on the air. Citizen journalist and community organizer Zack Exley has a very genuine, personable voice, covers the facts fairly and accurately, shares his personal views very openly, yet with an inspiring willingness to correct these views as needed. The story's interesting angle reveals a lot more about media and politics than we would normally get from a straight news story. That said, it would have been helpful to interview a few independent sources to ... More »

This is a good article because it starts out with one set of expectations and ends with another. The change was after seeing the effect of the event that the author writes about.

Very clearly illustrates the "behind the scenes" art that politicians, media editors and producers engage in to produce the images and impressions that the American public see.