Juan Melli is a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at Princeton University. A local activist in Princeton, he led his county’s Democracy for America group and helped organize the Filibuster Frist protest at Princeton University. In September of 2005, Juan started bluejersey.net – a statewide blog for New Jersey progressives with more than a dozen front page contributors from around the state. In its six months of existence, Blue Jersey has already had 100,000 unique visitors, and is the largest progressive blog in the state. It is cemented as a landing point for activists, elected officials, political insiders, media figures and even some of its very own trolls. The Blue Jersey podcast has featured guests such as Senator Bob Menendez, Congressmen Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Steve Rothman.