Melissa McEwan

Melissa McEwan is an American blogger, writer, and feminist. She is the creator and editor of the popular weblog Shakesville.

McEwan rose to national prominence in 2007, when she was hired by the campaign of presidential candidate John Edwards, to serve as his netroots coordinator. McEwan and another campaign staffer, Amanda Marcotte, came under fire for pieces they had written on their individual blogs. Bill Donahue of the Catholic League accused Marcotte and McEwan of anti-Catholic writings. While most of the attention focused on Marcotte, both women ultimately resigned from the Edwards campaign. [cite web |url=http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/2/8/113651/4503 |title=Statement on Campaign Bloggers |work=John Edwards Campaign Blog |accessdate=2007-03-01 |date=2007-02-08 |last=Edwards |first=John |authorlink=John Edwards] [cite news
first = Nedra
last = Pickler
authorlink = Nedra Pickler
title = Edwards to Retain Embattled Bloggers
url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020800878.html
work = The Washington Post
publisher = Associated Press
date = February 8, 2007
accessdate = 2007-05-04 ] [cite news
first = John
last = Broder
title = Edwards Learns Blogs Can Cut 2 Ways
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/us/politics/09bloggers.html?ex=1328677200&en=bc555f23c328d4ac&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss%E2%80%9D
work = The New York Times
date = February 9, 2007
accessdate = 2007-05-04 ]

McEwan remains active editing Shakesville, which in 2007 was named the 37th most informative blog in a study by Carnegie Mellon University. [cite news
first = Jure et al.
last = Lescovic
authorlink = Nedra Pickler
title = CASCDES project: Cost-effective Outbreak Detection in Networks.
url = http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jure/blogs/blogs-uc-pa.html
work = Carnegie Mellon University
accessdate = 2007-12-16 ]

References

External links

* [http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com Shakesville]