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In his interviews for YouTube at the Democratic National Convention, recent University of Iowa Law School graduate Rich Peters is focusing, among other things, on supporters of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Barack Obama’s chief rival in what was a protracted and close nomination fight.
Peters is covering the convention for YouTube and [...]

The Iowa video blogger covering the Democratic National Convention for YouTube says Hillary Clinton’s Tuesday prime-time speech served as a perfect follow-up to the one delivered by Michelle Obama the night before.

A YouTube video blogger from Iowa covering the Democratic National Convention said prospective First Lady Michelle Obama connected with women during her keynote speech Monday night.

A video produced by a recent University of Iowa Law School graduate — “Why I’m a Democrat In 2008?” — will be featured on the big screen at the party’s national convention in Denver next week.

Think you can make western Iowa look cool on the wildly popular and ultra-hip video sharing Web site YouTube?

There’s money and even a new TV in it if you do.

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd is the featured presidential candidate this week on YouTube’s “You Choose ’08 Spotlight,” which allows candidates and potential voters to communicate through videos. In his  “Change the Debate,” Dodd critiques the media and calls on YouTubers not only to respond, but to act to end the Iraq War. His video is [...]

As the race for the 2008 nominations proceed apace, candidates from both parties are using—or attempting to use—YouTube to connect with voters across the country. YouTube, the popular video-sharing website that receives more than 40 million unique  U.S. visitors per month, has become a prime battleground in the race for the presidency where candidates make [...]

The Vietnam War brought the first televised war into the living rooms of Americans, where families could gather around the tube and watch war correspondents report on the war. Since then, the birth of the Internet and the YouTube boom has changed the dynamics of video footage and war correspondence. The theater of war’s direction [...]

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd’s Presidential campaign rolled out a web site change Monday and announced the hiring of Matt Browner-Hamlin as chief blogger.
Browner-Hamlin is an experienced blogger who has contributed to The Huffington Post, My Left Nutmeg and The Right’s Field. He plans to travel with Sen. Dodd and offer updates from the campaign trail.