For Immediate Release: April 2, 2001
Contact: Phil Noble
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POLITICSONLINE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AND THE AAPC ANNOUNCE THE 25 WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD (AND 5 TO WATCH)

Cambridge, Mass. - In recent years, the Internet and burgeoning information technologies have inexorably altered our body politic, fundamentally changing the way we do democracy. Friday, at the American Association of Political Consultants 2nd Annual Academic Outreach Conference at the Institute of Politics of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, PoliticsOnline recognized the best of the best -- the innovators and pioneers who blazed the e-political trails.

PoliticsOnline asked it's 25,000 readers and subscribers to name the people, organizations and companies that are changing the world of Internet and politics. From these nominations, twenty-five world changers and five rising stars were selected.

"From the beginning, politics has been about two things - ideas and the people that make these ideas realities," said PoliticsOnline President Phil Noble, an AAPC board member who is spending the spring term in Cambridge as a fellow at the Institute of Politics. "With this announcement, we honor the most innovative ideas and the most influential individuals.

"With so many people doing so much in this field, whittling the list down to so few proved a more difficult task than we ever could have imagined - we thank everyone that submitted nominations, and we congratulate all those that were nominated. As with any list of the best, debate is sure to follow. We certainly hope it well, and that the ongoing conversation about the Internet and politics is carried further."

Noble, PoliticsOnline, NetPulse editor Andy Brack, Electorales.com and other PoliticsOnline affiliates were not eligible for recognition.

The following is the list of honorees.