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What did you do on your summer vacation? I went to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. All right, so it wasn’t exactly a vacation. I live in a nearby suburb of Philadelphia and I was working 14 hours a day throughout the week, getting home well past midnight each evening. But for a reporter …

Silvia Scandar Mahan traveled to Philadelphia for her summer vacation. Now, she’s putting in more hours than she does at Cor, the San Francisco digital media startup where she works. From 9:30 a.m. until after midnight, the 33-year-old is producing video that tells the stories of delegates at the Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton was officially named the party’s …

Democrats lined up their heaviest hitters Wednesday as President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, VP candidate Tim Kaine and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took turns at the podium to support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and express disdain for Donald Trump, her Republican rival. If reaction on Twitter is any indication, they hit it out of the …

The political spotlight shifts to Philadelphia this week for the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Sen. Bernie Sanders and first lady Michelle Obama gave rousing speeches on the first night of the DNC, which is being held at the Wells Fargo Center, and threw their support behind presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. The convention is sure to deliver more political pageantry with …

Obama 2020? If Twitter is anything to go by, Michelle Obama could be next to take the top job. The FLOTUS with the mostest headlined the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday. And while Hillary Clinton, who will accept the presidential nomination later this week, has yet to speak at the event, social media was …

Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager on Sunday accused Russian hackers of releasing internal emails to help Republican Donald Trump win the presidential election. On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Robby Mook, who heads up Clinton’s presidential campaign, told Jake Tapper that “experts” have told the campaign that “Russian state actors broke into the DNC, stole these emails, and other experts are …

Like many new graduates, Dallas Roberts wanted to celebrate the end of his studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, with a trip. His proposed destination: Philadelphia, where he could attend the Democratic National Convention to support Bernie Sanders. The 22-year-old couldn’t afford the $3,000 he estimated the trip would cost. So he did what many people of his …

Four years ago, Facebook and Twitter shared the same small space on Radio Row at the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Both social networks were growing, but not quite mainstream. Not anymore. Social networks — including Snapchat, Instagram, Medium, and YouTube — this week were an inescapable presence that rivaled traditional media at the RNC in Cleveland. Radio Row is …

Here’s something Democrats and Republicans can agree on during this contentious political season: a strong wireless signal. The country’s major wireless and cable carriers have invested in Cleveland and Philadelphia, the cities hosting the Republican and Democratic conventions, to ensure that the tens of thousands of political junkies at the gatherings have access to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook from their …

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