The Daily Show's Demetri Martin was trying to tap into the heads of youth voters, and decided a Street Team was in order. I don't know...I'm not a big fan of turtlenecks...
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
MTVFrom potholes to wheatfields
So, it's begun. My year-long journey on the campaign trail for MTV has officially started. I spent four fantastic days in New York City getting the lowdown on what this Street Team '08 project entails: everything from legal mumbo-jumbo to listening to AP reporters Ron Fournier and Kevin Roach dish on covering politics.
We stayed at the very cool Time Hotel, right off Broadway on 49th Street. Our first evening in New York, we gathered at MTV studios for a booze-free happy hour, then shuffled into an auditorium, where Sway sang our praises and told us what MTV thought of this project. They're psyched, man. Nobody's ever given regular people the tools to cover an election like this before. MTV's done similar stuff with Choose or Lose, and Huffington Post has "Off the Bus," which is headed up by Jay Rosen of NYU, who spoke to us, as well.
A bleach-haired John Norris gave us interviewing tips and folks from the Knight Foundation (our awesome patrons) and Gannett discussed the importance of our project. Holy crap! These people are seriously excited about what can come out of this. I am too, but I guess I'd forgotten how excited you can get about huge projects like this. Thanks, PR.
Normally, I leave New York and say "eff that." Maybe it's because I lived in Chicago for so long and have a grudge against New York; maybe it's a Midwest thing. I don't know. But I think I like New York now. Believe it or not, it's a wee bit more exciting than this area. Who knew?
I think it's because I got to see more of the city than just the tourist spots. Last time I was there, in 2005, we did Times Square, Central Park, the Dakota, Ground Zero and Wall Street, and the Statue of Liberty. This time, I just went to Union Square and hung out with my gorgeous friend Maria and her gorgeous roommate, Gillian. My j-school friend, Josh, who had a winter internship at Time, Inc., came along and it was glorious. It beats the crowds at Times Square, that's for sure.
So, I'm back now, and filed my first story today. Check it out, and check out the Street Team often to see what's up in the world of politics!
We stayed at the very cool Time Hotel, right off Broadway on 49th Street. Our first evening in New York, we gathered at MTV studios for a booze-free happy hour, then shuffled into an auditorium, where Sway sang our praises and told us what MTV thought of this project. They're psyched, man. Nobody's ever given regular people the tools to cover an election like this before. MTV's done similar stuff with Choose or Lose, and Huffington Post has "Off the Bus," which is headed up by Jay Rosen of NYU, who spoke to us, as well.
A bleach-haired John Norris gave us interviewing tips and folks from the Knight Foundation (our awesome patrons) and Gannett discussed the importance of our project. Holy crap! These people are seriously excited about what can come out of this. I am too, but I guess I'd forgotten how excited you can get about huge projects like this. Thanks, PR.
Normally, I leave New York and say "eff that." Maybe it's because I lived in Chicago for so long and have a grudge against New York; maybe it's a Midwest thing. I don't know. But I think I like New York now. Believe it or not, it's a wee bit more exciting than this area. Who knew?
I think it's because I got to see more of the city than just the tourist spots. Last time I was there, in 2005, we did Times Square, Central Park, the Dakota, Ground Zero and Wall Street, and the Statue of Liberty. This time, I just went to Union Square and hung out with my gorgeous friend Maria and her gorgeous roommate, Gillian. My j-school friend, Josh, who had a winter internship at Time, Inc., came along and it was glorious. It beats the crowds at Times Square, that's for sure.
So, I'm back now, and filed my first story today. Check it out, and check out the Street Team often to see what's up in the world of politics!
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