Matt Stoller

Matthew N. Stoller (born February 8, 1978) is an American political activist, writer and blogger. Stoller is a past president of BlogPAC, a political action committee that funds progressive blogs. He was a senior policy advisor to former Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida).
Stoller is well known for his Internet activism during the campaign for the 2004 U.S. presidential election, and was a leading contributor to the liberal political blog MyDD. He left MyDD in July, 2007 to co-found OpenLeft, another liberal political blog. Stoller also consults for the Sunlight Foundation, FreePress.net, and Working Assets.
Background
Stoller grew up in Miami, Florida. In 2000, he graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in history. While at Harvard, he was a member of the Harvard Lampoon. From July 2000 until October 2003, he worked as a project manager for ICLUBcentral, and started blogging in response to the buildup to the Iraq War in 2002.
Political Advocacy
2004 Democratic Primary
Stoller worked on the movement to draft retired American general Wesley Clark as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in that year's election. Stoller also created the satire site EnjoyTheDraft.com.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention took the historic step of giving selected bloggers access as credentialed journalists. Stoller worked as a volunteer for the Convention, and was charge of credentialing bloggers. In addition to his volunteer work, Stoller also attended the convention as a credentialled blogger, one of the first granted access to a major party's nominating convention.
Simon Rosenberg campaign
In early 2005, Stoller worked on Simon Rosenberg's ultimately-unsuccessful campaign for DNC chair.
Jon Corzine campaign
In 2005, Stoller was Blogger-in-Chief for New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine's official blog, dubbed the Corzine Connection.
Ned Lamont campaign
Stoller supported Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont's primary campaign to replace Senator Joe Lieberman as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2006. He was an active blogger for the Lamont campaign. Lamont won the Connecticut Democratic primary, but lost to Lieberman, who ran as an independent in the general election.
Other Projects
Stoller formerly consulted for Sunlight Foundation, FreePress.net, and Working Assets. On January 14, 2009, he announced on his OpenLeft blog that he had been hired as senior policy advisor by freshman Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida).
Contributions to Blogging and Electronic Media
Stoller has testified before the Federal Election Commission on the role of electronic media in politics, and is the co-author with Chris Bowers of a report on electronic communities in politics.

Stoller was one of the co-creators of The Blogging of the President, which explored the ongoing digital transformation of political activism, first in weblog format and later as a nationally syndicated talk radio show from Minnesota Public Radio. This represented one of the first attempts to bring the political conversations of the blogosphere directly into the broadcast media.

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