Written by Kimberly Wilder, a co-founder and blogger at onthewilderside:
Elizabeth Benjamin has previously worked as a political reporter for the Albany Times Union. For the last couple of years, Benjamin was with the NY Daily News, doing the NY State politics blog, “Daily Politics”. This week, Elizabeth Benjamin has begun a new project with YNN/NY-1, a Time Warner Cable project. Benjamin’s responsibilities will include being a host of the TV show, “Capital Tonight”, as well as writing for the new blog, “State of Politics”.
In the past, Benjamin has been open to reporting on third party candidates and politics. And, it is a good sign that this morning, she listed a story about a candidate for the Green Party governor nomination, Howie Hawkins. In addition, Benjamin linked to onthewilderside, a traditionally third party web-site.
In a list of political headlines called “Here and Now“, Benjamin wrote, “Green Party gubernatorial hopeful Howie Hawkins questioned Cuomo’s Adirondack land probe.”
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Related Story: An IPR post of March 21st, lists some of the other potential Green Party candidates for Governor and statewide office in New York.
Let’s hope Benjamin will link IPR too =)
I have worked with Liz Benjamin since she was at the Albany Times-Union and I was LPNY State Chair.
She is interested in GOOD stories about third parties.
If you want coverage in the media, remember to send good material in a timely fashion to the right people.
More Green Party Governor candidate news
from Green Party Watch this evening..
Rich Whitney and banking on the state
April 14th, 2010 by Dave Schwab · No Comments
Eric Timmons at the Galesburg Register-Mail has written an article entitled “Banking on the State” examining Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney’s plan for a state bank:
The Green Party’s Rich Whitney has got some creative ideas that make you realize how slothful the Big Two have grown. One of Whitney’s proposals is to set up a state bank. I’ll let him explain.
http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/04/14/rich-whitney-and-banking-on-the-state/
Green Party Watch Reports tonight…
Firedoglake urged to support Dennis Spisak for Ohio Governor
April 13th, 2010 by Dave Schwab · 3 Comments
Blogger El Duderino at Firedoglake, a popular blogging site among the progressive netroots, is urging fellow bloggers at FDL to support Dennis Spisak, the Green Party candidate for governor of Ohio.
http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/04/13/firedoglake-urged-to-support-dennis-spisak-for-ohio-governor/
Elizabeth Benjamin is an outstanding journalist.
She is brave, an excellent writer, and as is obvious fair minded.
Just the fact that Elizabeth Benjamin is covering the Green Party candidate speaks volumes.
Judge them by their deeds.
The Green Party must applaud Elizabeth Benjamin for covering Green Party candidates as she and the news organizations she has worked with and for have done for years.
Bravo Liz!
I won’t watch you Benjamin – because you can’t provide the entertainment value in NY1 establishment propaganda “news”. Please bring back Dominic Carter on NY1! I miss his sleazy, softball, pal-around crap with our criminal politicians. That man is so perfect for NY1, no one else can possibly replace him. He can do his show from a jail cell or wherever. No one gave me bigger belly laughs than that crazy wife beating toadie, sucking up to white collar criminal lobbyists and dirtbag Albany politicians on the air of NY1. God Almighty, what a crazy laugh riot that Dominic Carter is – Bring Dominic Carter BACK NOW!!!