links for 2007-05-08

Beltway Blogroll points to a half dozen new bloggers in the ranks of Congress.

The LA Times’ Ron Brownstein offers his view of the Internet as a possible launching pad for a national candidacy: The Internet could allow an independent candidate to more easily identify an audience and financial base, just as it has allowed blogs like the liberal Daily Kos or conservative InstaPundit to find a community of…

For more than a decade, I have been working with employers, colleagues, and clients to maximize the use of the Internet for political and public affairs advocacy. I’ve tried a lot of things. Many worked well, some didn’t. And I’ve seen a lot from others that worked and some that didn’t. InterAdvocacy will keep an…

MediaPost reports that Yahoo has announced a leap into original content, featuring former war reporter Kevin Sites. Sites, a veteran of CNN and NBC, plans to leave for Africa on Wednesday. He will spend the next year traveling to 36 war-torn corners of the world, and reporting on how current events affect people’s lives.  ……

ClickZ: PubSub has begun an effort to compile lists of influential Weblogs by category, which could be of use to media buyers and planners eager to buy advertising in blogs.