Matt Stoller
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| Born | February 8, 1978 |
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| Occupation | blogger, author, political consultant |
| Website MattStoller.com, OpenLeft.com |
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Matthew N. Stoller (born February 8, 1978)[1] is an American blogger, author and political consultant. Stoller is also the president of BlogPAC, a political action committee that funds progressive blogs.[2]
Stoller is well known for his activities during the campaign for the 2004 U.S. presidential election, and was until recently a leading contributor to the liberal political blog MyDD, until he helped co-found OpenLeft in July 2007. MyDD focuses on Democratic Party politics and advocates aggressive, national strategies for Democrats to take and hold power, such as challenging a greater number of incumbent Congressional Republicans.[3] Stoller also consults for the Sunlight Foundation, FreePress.net, and Working Assets.[4]
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[edit] Background
Stoller grew up in Miami, and has lived in Boston, London and New Hampshire. In 2000, he graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in history. While at Harvard, he was a member of the Harvard Lampoon.[5] From July 2000 until October 2003, he worked as a project manager for ICLUBcentral, and started blogging in response to the buildup to the Iraq War in 2002.[6]
[edit] Projects
[edit] 2004 Democratic Primary
Stoller worked on the Draft Clark movement to bring Wesley Clark into the nominating race for President of the United States. Stoller also created the satire site EnjoyTheDraft.com.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention took the historic step of giving selected bloggers access with journalist credentials. Stoller worked as a volunteer for the Convention, and he ended up in charge of credentialling the bloggers. He co-created the (now-defunct) convention blog BostonDParty before being removed from posting due to conflicts of interest during the convention. Stoller attended the convention as a credentialled blogger. He has testified before the Federal Election Commission on the role of electronic media in politics, and is the co-author with Chris Bowers of a report on electronic communities in politics.[7]
Stoller was one of the co-creators of The Blogging of the President, which explored the ongoing digital transformation of politics first in weblog format and later as a nationally syndicated talk radio show from Minnesota Public Radio. This represented one of the first attempts to bring the conversation in the blogosphere directly into the broadcast media.
[edit] Simon Rosenberg campaign
In early 2005, Stoller worked on Simon Rosenberg's campaign for DNC chair. Rosenberg would cite his work in creating the New Politics Institute. He created the site thereisnocrisis.com. Howard Dean was ultimately elected to the position.
[edit] Jon Corzine campaign
In 2005, Stoller was Blogger-in-Chief for New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine's official blog, dubbed the Corzine Connection. Corzine's bid was successful.
[edit] Ned Lamont campaign
Stoller was very involved in supporting Ned Lamont's campaign to replace Joe Lieberman as senator from Connecticut. Samples of his work on this project are his article "Debate Train to Crazy Town," the Lamont tag at Stoller's flickr account, and any number of articles in the traditional media.[8] Lamont won the Connecticut democratic primary, but lost to Lieberman, who ran as an independent in the general election.
[edit] Current projects
Stoller currently consults for Sunlight Foundation, FreePress.net, and Working Assets.
[edit] References
- ^ Open Thread. mydd.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Welcome to MattStoller.com. mattstoller.com/. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Netroots Challenge Dems' Electoral Strategy. thenation.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ About MyDD. mydd.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Matt Stoller's MySpace Page. myspace.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ YouTube Video: Matt Stoller on How He Got into Politics. youtube.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
- ^ Page Not Found. ndnpac.org. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Democrat seeks to dump Lieberman over Iraq (MSNBC). MSNBC.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
[edit] External links
- OpenLeft.com, political website that Stoller co-founded in June 2007
- MattStoller.com personal website
- Mydd.com, a political website where Stoller used to be (June 2007) a front-page poster
- BlogPAC website
- Stoller on the effectiveness of conservative blogs, New York Times
