2008 Woodie Awards
John Tomlin, '08, tracks the campaign trail
Nathan Seder
Issue date: 1/17/08 Section: News
Over the break and throughout the trimester, John Tomlin, '08, has been crisscrossing the country and documenting the 2008 presidential primaries for a website he designed, meettheprez.net. His website is a collection of videos and interviews with presidential candidates that Tomlin made while traveling to Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
Tomlin provides his own insight and perspective into his personal and, at times, candid interviews with the candidates.
Tomlin originally conceived the project as a response to his interest in politics and media, as well as the changing dynamics of an election focused on the YouTube generation.
"I wanted to build a website to see how, in a modern election, the Internet can level the playing field for candidates," said Tomlin. "At a lot of the events I attended, everyone was holding up a cell phone and, with YouTube, anyone can be a journalist in the Internet age. This was, for me, a sign that no candidate is immune to media pressures."
Tomlin's advisor, Professor Zoe Oxley of the Political Science department, was very receptive to his idea and worked on grounding his project into following the media's coverage of the
Tomlin provides his own insight and perspective into his personal and, at times, candid interviews with the candidates.
Tomlin originally conceived the project as a response to his interest in politics and media, as well as the changing dynamics of an election focused on the YouTube generation.
"I wanted to build a website to see how, in a modern election, the Internet can level the playing field for candidates," said Tomlin. "At a lot of the events I attended, everyone was holding up a cell phone and, with YouTube, anyone can be a journalist in the Internet age. This was, for me, a sign that no candidate is immune to media pressures."
Tomlin's advisor, Professor Zoe Oxley of the Political Science department, was very receptive to his idea and worked on grounding his project into following the media's coverage of the