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Democrats on the Issues


Tuesday, April 8, 2008

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.

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!

Obama on Housing


Thursday, March 27, 2008

WNYC posted audio from Obama’s economic speech today. It’s here. I’ll be working to cut it up and find other relevant material soon. Refresh this page in a hour say.

Update: Here’s part of Clinton’s housing speech on Monday

Update#2: Here is an excellent commentary on repairing the housing crisis, here’s a long piece about what having a home means, here’s a 30 minute doc on the subprime loans, and here’s an uber-short heart breaker about loosing a home.

Update #3: Here you can find housing statistics for your state/region