In 2008, I was selected to be the Washington, D.C. citizen journalist on MTV’s Emmy-award winning program, Choose or Lose.
As a part of a mobile press corps called Street Team ’08, 51 of us submitted weekly videos on political issues that mattered to young people – once a week for a year. Our mission was to “tell the untold stories of the election.”
A Star, the Pope and Earth Day
Description: At the Earth Day Green Apple Festival where I snagged an interview with Chevy Chase. Picked up by Associated Press.
Offline videos:
Face Off at the White House
Description: Protest mount at the White House in light of possible U.S. escalation in Iran. Picked up by Associated Press.
Decision to Desert
A three-part series with an 21-year-old AWOL marine.
Part One – Undercover at Quantico Brig
Part Two - The Antiwar Movement in Washington
Part Three –Home in Chicago
Kennedy Endorses Obama
My first video deserves a mention.
Dispatches from the Republican National Convention
Description: From the seat of my couch in Washington, I decided to buy myself a plane ticket and meet MTV’s crew at the RNC in St. Paul, Minnesota. Once I got there, an epic journey unfolded, including bunking up with young Republicans, airing live mobile-to-web reports (one with Senator Bob Dole) and bonding with the four other MTV Street Teamers as we ran around searching for stories.
Helen Thomas on the Next President
Description: My first formal interview of many with legendary journalist, Helen Thomas.
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