Press or Bloggers

EburgObama08 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:18:53 -0400

I'm in Chicago on vacation, and was hoping to stop by the Barack Obama's national campaign headquarters to make a short video.

It was just going to be a quick - "here's a tour of the headquarters for all of you Barack Obama supporters" type video.

It was a beautiful day in Chicago, so I hopped on the CTA from Skokie (where my hotel is) and headed into the windy city.

I walked down the Miracle mile and past the Chicago Tribune building and then went into the the building where the headquarters are on North Michigan.

Of course I could not just walk in, and so the security person called upstairs and asked if I could stop by for a short visit. She explained that I was a Obama volunteer from Pennsylvania. The answer was short too. No.

OK. Understood. Security, etc. But do I give up or do I persist? Did I just knock on 97 doors on my "Walk For Change?" Persistence is my choice.

After calling the toll free number, I spoke with Lynn, (or was her name Liz? cell phones!!!!) who listened to my request, and said that she was not sure if it could be honored.

Did I mention that I bought a new HD video cam and wanted to make a short video of the headquarters to put on my blog - http://eburgobama08.org?

Lynn/Liz took my contact information and said she would let me know. Hmmm.... sounds like what they say when you don't get that job.

That was a week ago. I don't think this is going to happen. One thing though, if you say to someone that you will let them know, either via email or phone (I left both with Lynn/Liz), even if (as it appears now) - the answer is still no video, you should be polite and send the email or make the phone call.

It's just manners, or "Netiquette", don't you know. I guess I was placed in the "just brush the person off" category.

"Not Nice!" as Borat might say.

B-(

Oh well, I had a nice walk, and took some video, which I'll try to edit and post on my blog.

Jim Lyons
http://eburgobama08.org
"Learn at least one new thing each day" - Stephen Poulos 1955-2001

Bloggers, Journalists, or Citizens?

Joshua Levy — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:12:09 -0400

So what's it gonna be once and for all -- should we treat bloggers as citizens or as journalists? The debate rages on over at Buckeye State Blog, where a blogger named Jerid posted about being blocked out of one of Barack Obama's "Faith, Action, Change" forums at Keene State College in New Hampshire.

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Press or Bloggers

Bloggers, Journalists, or Citizens?