Voice of San Diego’s Scott Lewis

The Art of Dropping the F-Bomb

Scott Lewis is the CEO of nonprofit news organization Voice of San Diego; he also hosts a weekly radio show and writes a column for San Diego Magazine. Before participating in a panel on vigilance in the post-newspaper age, he sat down in the green room to talk about being a conflicted NFL fan, why he quotes from City Slickers more often than any other film, and perfecting the art of dropping the f-bomb on Twitter.

Political Scientist Samuel L. Popkin

You’ll Always Be Sore Losers, Cubs Fans

UC San Diego political scientist Samuel L. Popkin is the author of The Candidate: What it Takes to Win—and Hold—the White House, for which he studied not the winners but the …

Reportero Director Bernardo Ruiz

My Top-Secret Powers of Persuasion

Bernardo Ruiz is the director of Reportero, a documentary about the Tijuana newsweekly Zeta that debuted on PBS. Before participating in a panel on vigilance and democracy in the post-newspaper age, he …

Campaign Finance Expert Richard L. Hasen

The Law Professor Who Was Nearly a Law School Dropout

Campaign finance expert Richard L. Hasen is author of The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown, writer of the Election Law Blog, and a professor of law …

Political Analyst Michael Barone

A Man Who ‘Knows Numbers to Understand People’

Political analyst Michael Barone is coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. Before participating in a panel on the relationship between diversity and democracy in America, he revealed in the …

Sociologist Jennifer Lee

Laughing My Way Through Near-Accidents

Sociologist Jennifer Lee studies immigration and race at University of California, Irvine. Before participating in a panel on diversity and democracy, she sat down in the Zócalo green room to …