Washington Post Pulitzer Prize Winning Columnist David S. Broder, reporter on presidential elections since 1960.
"Back to the Future: How Nominating Conventions and News Coverage Have/Haven’t Changed Since the 1968 Democratic National Convention".
In an article in the August issue of Smithsonian magazine on four political conventions that changed America, the 1968 Democratic National Convention is described as “eclipsing any other such convention in American history – destroying faith in politicians, in the political system, in the country and in its institutions.” Approaching the 40th anniversary of the 1968 convention in Chicago and the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver, Sen. McGovern and The Post’s Broder will discuss how nominating conventions and their news coverage have or haven’t changed. As a result of the 1968 Democratic Convention, Sen. McGovern headed a commission to reform his party’s nominating process, which called for proportional voting used in subsequent and this year’s Democratic primaries. And the 2008 Democratic Convention will be the first time, since Harry Truman’s nomination was televised in 1948, in which bloggers are credentialed as journalists. What have we learned since 1968, and what can we expect in 2008?
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