Undergraduate
Saint Michael's journalism students create Web site of all the minor presidential candidates
Students from the Media and American Politics class work to inform the public of all candidates on the New Hampshire ballot
Contact Information:
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
After traveling to New Hampshire in November to follow various Democratic and Republican candidates on the campaign trail, the Saint Michael's College students in Professor David Mindich's Media and American Politics class took it a step further. They have created a Web site providing access to the public and the press of all the 2008 candidates for president: http://minorcandidates.com
The students' site, explains, "Most media outlets only talk about the top 16 candidates running for President. However, there are 42 people on the New Hampshire ballot. This Web site profiles the candidates who are ignored by the mainstream media."
Starting with minor candidates, 14 Democrats and 13 Republicans, the site concludes with the major candidates. There are also three VP candidates, as well as the eight major candidates, each, for Democrats and Republicans. All the candidates, major and minor, are listed with their individual Web site URL address included as a live link. Access is thereby made easy.
The point is the students' own education, but also the furtherance of an informed populace. According to the site, "The objective for this site was to provide a platform for candidates deemed 'minor' by the media. The hopefuls are trying to tell America their messages, despite what they see as an unfair advantage for those who can pay for coverage."
Citizens need information to participate fully in our democracy. Thus the students and their professor have provided access to fuller information regarding what many consider the most important presidential election in a generation. The site was designed by sophomore journalism major, Mollie Brault-Binaghi of Barre, Vt.
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is included in Princeton Review's The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont, Saint Michael's is amongst the select group of 270 institutions nationwide allowed to sponsor a chapter of the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, on campus. Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, and some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants. And Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last seven years. The college was named by Newsweek magazine a "Hidden Treasure," one of 30 colleges recommended most frequently by guidance counselors for being "schools that deserve more national recognition."
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
After traveling to New Hampshire in November to follow various Democratic and Republican candidates on the campaign trail, the Saint Michael's College students in Professor David Mindich's Media and American Politics class took it a step further. They have created a Web site providing access to the public and the press of all the 2008 candidates for president: http://minorcandidates.com The students' site, explains, "Most media outlets only talk about the top 16 candidates running for President. However, there are 42 people on the New Hampshire ballot. This Web site profiles the candidates who are ignored by the mainstream media."
Starting with minor candidates, 14 Democrats and 13 Republicans, the site concludes with the major candidates. There are also three VP candidates, as well as the eight major candidates, each, for Democrats and Republicans. All the candidates, major and minor, are listed with their individual Web site URL address included as a live link. Access is thereby made easy.
The point is the students' own education, but also the furtherance of an informed populace. According to the site, "The objective for this site was to provide a platform for candidates deemed 'minor' by the media. The hopefuls are trying to tell America their messages, despite what they see as an unfair advantage for those who can pay for coverage."
Citizens need information to participate fully in our democracy. Thus the students and their professor have provided access to fuller information regarding what many consider the most important presidential election in a generation. The site was designed by sophomore journalism major, Mollie Brault-Binaghi of Barre, Vt.
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is included in Princeton Review's The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont, Saint Michael's is amongst the select group of 270 institutions nationwide allowed to sponsor a chapter of the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, on campus. Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, and some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants. And Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last seven years. The college was named by Newsweek magazine a "Hidden Treasure," one of 30 colleges recommended most frequently by guidance counselors for being "schools that deserve more national recognition."
