Offthebus Citizen Journalism

A free medical clinic in the poor southwestern part of Virginia treated over 1,500 patients, some driving up to five hours and sleeping in their cars to secure a place in line.

I'm speaking on a panel titled "Reinventing Political Media." Not surprisingly, few of the media being "reinvented" show up for what sounds like a dousing of Chinese Cultural Revolution-style re-education.

Your story of the endorsement was fresh and insightful. You citizen journalists were on the ground at the arena in Michigan and in North Carolina and all over the Web. Join us in delivering more important stories that come from outside the circle of media insiders who meet "on the bus."