Invited Essayists

Morra Aarons, BlogHer

Yochai Benkler , Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard

Lance Bennett, University of Washington

Joan Blades, Moms Rising and co-founder, MoveOn.org

John Bonifaz, VoterAction

danah boyd, Social networking expert

Harry Boyte, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Steve Clift, e-Democracy.org

Susan Crawford, Cardozo School of Law

Esther Dyson, EDventure.com

Zack Exley, New Organizing Institute

Mindy Finn, Mitt Romney '08

Julie Barko Germany, Institute for Politics, Democracy, & The Internet

Kaliya Hamlin, Web strategist

Rich Harwood, Harwood Institute

Scott Heiferman, CEO and co-founder, Meetup.com

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post

Tara Hunt, Web strategist

Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine.com

Marty Kearns, Green Media Toolshed

Avery Knapp, Ron Paul NYC

Peter Leyden, New Politics Institute

Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo

Ellen Miller, Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation

Craig Newmark, craigslist.org

Beth Noveck, New York Law School

Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.com

Howard Rheingold, Annenberg School of Communication

Alan Rosenblatt, Center for American Progress Action Fund

Patrick Ruffini, former eCampaign Director for the Republican National Committe

Liza Sabater, Culturekitchen.com

Sarah Schact, Knowledge as Power

Robert Sherman, Surdna Foundation

Clay Shirky, New York University

David B. Smith, National Conference on Citizenship

Matt Stoller, OpenLeft.com

Lisa Stone BlogHer

Aaron Swartz, Activist, writer, and hacker

Nancy Tate, League of Women Voters

Zephyr Teachout, Duke Law School

Brad Templeton, Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Joe Trippi, John Edwards '08

Mike Turk, former e-campaign director of the Republican National Committee and Bush-Cheney 2004

David Weinberger, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Marie Wilson, White House Project