Meet the Doogie Howser of the State Department
Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by nolongerfamous in Front Page, News, Politics
We felt good about our careers until we watched this video.
This week’s Unplugged Under 40 features the State Department’s social media guru, Jared Cohen. He’s 27, a Rhodes Scholar who has visited 66 countries and counts Condi Rice as a mentor. He advises Sec. Clinton on how Facebook and Twitter can be used to support American diplomatic initiatives. And he’s figuring out how to empower people around the world through the use of this new technology.
Impressive.
Off to drink our sorrows away.
h/t Christine and Kaylee
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16. Oct, 2009
Social media for political action: Great abroad, but the FBI doesn’t like it at home.
“A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home — all for using Twitter. Elliot Madison faces charges of hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of instruments of crime. He was posting to a Twitter feed (or tweeting, as it is called) publicly available information about police activities around the G-20 protests, including information about where police had issued orders to disperse.” – http://tinyurl.com/y9fksrc