Nominations for New Media Awards 2006

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Jo Swinson MP

As well as podcasting, Jo Swinson is one of the first MPs to make effective use of theyworkforyou.org.uk and regularly uses hearfromyourmp.com to send information to her constituents. One of her first acts as an MP was to use pledgebank to organise a public meeting on phone masts. In short, she has been keen to experiment with a variety of forms of new technology to better connect with the public. James Graham Jo Swinson has become one of the first MPs to regularly podcast to her constituents.

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