Joseph Vogel

Joseph Vogel
Born August 4, 1981 (1981-08-04) (age 30)
Occupation Author
Nationality  United States
www.josephvogel.net

For American-Lebanese basketball player, see Joe Vogel

Joseph Vogel (born August 4, 1981) is an American author and music critic.

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Career

Vogel is the author of three books, including Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson (Sterling Publishing, 2011). He writes for The Huffington Post.[1] and has published several exclusive pieces about Michael Jackson, including a review of his first posthumous album, Michael.[2]

Vogel is an instructor at the University of Rochester.

Biography

Vogel made national headlines in 2004 when, as Student Vice President of Academics at Utah Valley State, he invited film maker Michael Moore to speak on campus.[3] The invitation incited an uproar amongst the predominantly conservative Utah County community.[4] Vogel subsequently wrote a book about the experience entitled Free Speech 101; the book became a 2007 Independent Publisher Book Award Finalist.[5] An award-winning documentary, This Divided State (in which Vogel appears), also recounts the story of Michael Moore's controversial visit to Utah Valley.[6]

In 2007, Vogel helped a group known as the "BYU 25" organize an "alternative commencement" in protest of Vice President Dick Cheney's invitation to speak at Brigham Young University's graduation ceremony.[7][8][9] The "BYU 25" raised over $23,000 dollars in a matter of weeks, with many of the donations coming from readers of the liberal blog, the Daily Kos.[10] The alternative commencement featured consumer advocate Ralph Nader, human rights activist Jack Healey, and former U.S. Senate candidate Pete Ashdown. A documentary about the BYU 25 is currently in post-production.[11]

Vogel was an active supporter of President Barack Obama. In 2006, Vogel launched an online grassroots campaign called "Barack the Youth Vote."[12] In September 2007, he published The Obama Movement - Why Barack Obama Speaks to America's Youth,[13] a compilation of essays from young supporters of Barack Obama across the country.[14]

Published works

Notes

  1. ^ "Joe Vogel". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel. Retrieved 2011-04-03. 
  2. ^ "Joe Vogel: Is Michael Really Michael? A Review of the King of Pop's New Album". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-12-04. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/is-michael-really-michael_b_791987.html. Retrieved 2011-04-03. 
  3. ^ The Chronicle of Higher Education
  4. ^ Warner, Laura. "UVSC student officers not backing down". Deseret News. http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,595097360,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  5. ^ "Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results". IP Feature. Independent Publisher. http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1157&urltitle=Announcing%202007%20Independent%20Publisher%20Book%20Awards%20Results. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  6. ^ "This Divided State". Minority Films, LLC. 2005. http://www.thisdividedstate.com/. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  7. ^ "BYU Alternative Commencement" (Internet Archive Wayback Machine). February 4, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080204040235/http://www.byualternativecommencement.com/. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  8. ^ Nader, Ralph (April 30, 2007). "Faith, Accountability and Protest in Utah: Cheney and the BYU 25". CounterPunch. http://counterpunch.org/nader05012007.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  9. ^ Vogel, Joe (May 1, 2007). "An Alternative Commencement to Remember". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/an-alternative-commenceme_b_47397.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  10. ^ minorityfilms. "Mormon Cheney Protesters Pay the Price". Daily Kos. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/23/164221/350. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  11. ^ "The BYU 25". The Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032038/. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  12. ^ "Welcome to Barack the Youth Vote!" (Internet Archive Wayback Machine). Barack the Youth Vote, Joseph Vogel. October 18, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20071018004211/http://baracktheyouthvote.org/index.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  13. ^ "The Obama Movement". The Official Website of Joseph Vogel. http://www.josephvogel.net/id92.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  14. ^ Hancock,Laura (October 27, 2007). "BYU student does book on Obama". Deseret Morning News. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695222259,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 

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