Greg Hartnett

Sometimes, it is nice to be able to tie your professional interests into your outside activities. As my professional career has taught me, the power of the internet as a mass communication medium is absolutely astounding. Approximately a decade ago, it would take millions of dollars, and a small army of employees to reach a couple/few thousand people a day.

In today’s digital world, with the power of a handful of skilled and dedicated people, a message can be broadcast to millions of people on a monthly basis for relatively little cost (less than a couple thousand dollars a month). Given the scalability of the medium, the internet lends itself perfectly to the activism cause. There is little to no censorship, low barriers to entry, a worldwide audience, modest maintenance, and a large talent pool.

With these resources, I placed a few ads on craigslist (free in Boston, Seattle, and Denver) looking for activist bloggers. As the ad only runs for 30 days, I will reprint it here for future reference:

Blog network needs activists to contribute to group activism blog. Blog covers national and international events, issues, and civil liberties subjects.

Successful candidates will be active members of the progressive movement, willing to contribute posts on a regular basis informing the public of activist events and news.

Strong command of the written English language a must, and current bloggers preferred.

We got pretty good response from it, with 30 or so replies within the first 24 hours. I am guessing that it will draw in close to 100 replies over the next couple of weeks. The authors that we choose to participate will post on ways for citizens worldwide to get involved in the democratic process, and as a gathering place for progressive voices to be heard.

The site is brand new, and can be found at Activism Blog .com I am both proud, and excited to be part of this project, and I look forward to doing my part.