Garrett M. Graff is an editor at the Washingtonian magazine, where he covers media and politics, edits the Capital Comment section, and serves as internet director. His first book, "The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House," was published in December 2007 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He teaches graduate-level internet and social media at Georgetown University.

Previously, he was the founding editor of mediaBistro.com's Fishbowl D.C., a popular blog that covers the media and journalism in Washington, and co-founder of EchoDitto, Inc., a multi-million-dollar Washington, D.C.-based internet consulting firm.

A Vermont native, he served as deputy national press secretary on Howard Dean's presidential campaign and, beginning in 1997, was then-Governor Dean's first webmaster.

As the first blogger admitted to cover a White House press briefing, he is a frequent speaker and media commentator on blogging and the intersection of politics and technology.

Blog Entries by Garrett Graff

Believing Obama

Posted February 15, 2008 | 01:52 PM (EST)


A large chunk of this presidential election is shaping up to be about tone -- big change vs. little change, hope vs. experience. To see how these ideas are manifesting themselves among voters, one needs to look no further than Zazzle.com, the online site where people can design their...

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Why "Yes We Can" Inspires

Posted February 4, 2008 | 12:05 PM (EST)


A year ago as I was reporting for my book on technology and the 2008 race, The First Campaign, the founder of TechPresident.com, Andrew Rasiej predicted that 2008 would be remembered for the "voter-generated content" that transformed the election.

Now the Black Eyed Peas and Jesse Dylan (son...

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