RELEASE
Monday, December 1, 2008
For Immediate Release
Unruh Contact – Kerstyn Olson, 213.740.8964 or kerstyn@usc.edu
Monday, December 1, 2008
For Immediate Release
Unruh Contact – Kerstyn Olson, 213.740.8964 or kerstyn@usc.edu
USC students and Daily Trojan reporters and editors played a critical role in the success of "Election '08: Obama vs. McCain: What Happened and What Comes Next?”
Los Angeles, CA. Featuring some of the nation’s top political and journalism talent, this year’s Unruh Institute election post-mortem conference set a new standard for serious political thought and student involvement. It built upon the momentum of the last three months where a higher-than-usual number of students engaged in a series of brown bag election lunches, evening debate viewings (and post-debate debates), political internships and campaign work. Although plans are already underway for events in 2009, the November conference was a culmination of sorts for the students of Troy.
"These students have devoted extraordinary amounts of time and energy to the presidential race over the last several months, so our conference was an appropriate conclusion to their work on this campaign," said Dan Schnur, Director of the Unruh Institute of Politics at USC. "But USC students also understand that Election Day was not an end but a beginning. All of us at the Unruh Institute look forward to continuing to work with them as they prepare to take on the challenges our nation faces under the leadership of a new president."
This year, the Unruh Institute moved its election post-mortem to a two-day conference format given USC students’ level of enthusiasm and participation in politics and the campaigns. Representatives from the Students for Obama and the Students for McCain campaigns served as panelists while reporters and editors from the Daily Trojan were co-moderators. Political journalism heavyweight, POLITICO, was a conference co-sponsor to what its chief political correspondent, Mike Allen, referred to as “University of Southern California’s fast-growing and ambitious Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.” All told, over two hundred people attended and thousands more watched online through a special webcast on the POLITICO and Unruh websites.
The program also featured local political professionals like Andre Pineda, pollster for Obama for America 2008 and principal of Pineda Consulting.
Los Angeles, CA. Featuring some of the nation’s top political and journalism talent, this year’s Unruh Institute election post-mortem conference set a new standard for serious political thought and student involvement. It built upon the momentum of the last three months where a higher-than-usual number of students engaged in a series of brown bag election lunches, evening debate viewings (and post-debate debates), political internships and campaign work. Although plans are already underway for events in 2009, the November conference was a culmination of sorts for the students of Troy.
"These students have devoted extraordinary amounts of time and energy to the presidential race over the last several months, so our conference was an appropriate conclusion to their work on this campaign," said Dan Schnur, Director of the Unruh Institute of Politics at USC. "But USC students also understand that Election Day was not an end but a beginning. All of us at the Unruh Institute look forward to continuing to work with them as they prepare to take on the challenges our nation faces under the leadership of a new president."
This year, the Unruh Institute moved its election post-mortem to a two-day conference format given USC students’ level of enthusiasm and participation in politics and the campaigns. Representatives from the Students for Obama and the Students for McCain campaigns served as panelists while reporters and editors from the Daily Trojan were co-moderators. Political journalism heavyweight, POLITICO, was a conference co-sponsor to what its chief political correspondent, Mike Allen, referred to as “University of Southern California’s fast-growing and ambitious Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.” All told, over two hundred people attended and thousands more watched online through a special webcast on the POLITICO and Unruh websites.
The program also featured local political professionals like Andre Pineda, pollster for Obama for America 2008 and principal of Pineda Consulting.
“I think the breadth of perspectives is what made this conference truly distinctive,” said Pineda, participant on the “Campaign 2008: The Debates, The Wall Street Crisis & The Home Stretch” panel. “The students taught a thing or two to the political professionals and everyday people got a look behind the scenes on a transformational election—with consultants from both parties swapping stories on tactics they recently deployed against each other.”
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The Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics motivates USC students to become active in the world of politics and encourages public officials to participate in the daily life on campus. For more information, go to http://college.usc.edu/unruh.
Boasting some of the top journalists in America, POLITICO focuses on three arenas in national politics: We will focus on three arenas: (1) Congress and the constant flow of agendas, personalities and power struggles that define daily life on Capitol Hill; (2) the historic 2008 presidential campaign; and (3) lobbying and advocacy, a part of the capital economy undergoing rapid growth and change. It is a business alive with interesting and influential characters whose impact is dimly understood and insufficiently covered. For more information, go to http://www.politico.com/.
The Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics motivates USC students to become active in the world of politics and encourages public officials to participate in the daily life on campus. For more information, go to http://college.usc.edu/unruh.
Boasting some of the top journalists in America, POLITICO focuses on three arenas in national politics: We will focus on three arenas: (1) Congress and the constant flow of agendas, personalities and power struggles that define daily life on Capitol Hill; (2) the historic 2008 presidential campaign; and (3) lobbying and advocacy, a part of the capital economy undergoing rapid growth and change. It is a business alive with interesting and influential characters whose impact is dimly understood and insufficiently covered. For more information, go to http://www.politico.com/.
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