Dear Professor Kazee, 

I am a student at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and the Director of Recruitment of Scoop08.com: the first-ever online national student publication focused on the 2008 presidential race and the candidates, policies, and defining moments that will shape it. Launched on Nov. 4 2007,Scoop08.com offers fresh, innovative youth coverage of and perspectives on the 2008 race for the White House.  

Scoop08 is a network of hundreds of student journalists nationwide and internationally (primarily in high school and college), bolstered by a distinguished advisory board including former U.S. Senators Alan Simpson and Gary Hart, Norm Ornstein, Frank Rich, Robert Kagan, and Judy Woodruff. Check out this recent article in McClatchy Newspapers about the project. Since its birth, Scopo08 has been covered by the BBC, New York Times, Reuters, and The National Review, among other media outlets.   

We are actively recruiting college and high school student journalists to write and edit, and would appreciate if you could forward this email to students who you think might be interested in contributing to the project. Specifically, we are now staffing Chief Political Correspondents in all states.  To submit freelance columns, posts, and articles online, students can use the "ScoopUs" function on the homepage of the Website (or email editors@scoop08.com). And to join the staff as a regular contributor or to apply for a state Chief Political Correspondent position, students can click here.

Alexander Heffner and Andrew Mangino, Scoop08's co-founders, have appeared on CNN to offer their analysis of the youth vote. To view their appearances online, visit the Website's YouTube home here. And check out Heffner's most recent appearance on CNN.com to provide perspective prior to Super Tuesday. For Scoop08's editors and writers, we trust more media appearances are in store!  

We hope to connect with your students soon.  

Many thanks for your time and attention.  

Sincerely, 

Nausheen Shaikh

Scoop08.com | Director of Recruitment (College)

Cell:  (574) 276-0186