For our brethren in states still covering the Democratic primary, here’s 3 (FREE) sound bite collections to help make the elections local and tailored to your listeners.
- Health Care (Obama & Clinton)
- Foreign Policy
- Economy (Obama & Clinton)
- Or all of our speeches tagged and ready to go
So how do you use these? Give them to someone in your newsroom to take a closer look at the issues your listeners care about. It can be as easy as bringing a local university professor into the studio. Or it can be ambitious like what Wisconsin Public Radio did, a 4-parter that reached deep into the community.
Other ways :
- Use them as conversation-starters for local talk/call-in shows.
- Add balance for when only one candidate comes to town.
- Generate more web traffic by posting them online and encouraging listeners to post their responses.
There’s lots of things you can do. If you think of other ways, tell me about it!