The other night I participated in a telephone survey about our local elections. The primaries are next Saturday, and one of our two House Representatives (Ed Case) is challenging a long-time Senator (Dan Akaka) for his Democratic seat in Washington. At the end of the survey I was asked if the local news station could contact me for a follow-up if it was so inclined. I said sure, gave my name, and thought no more about it.
Yesterday I got a call from a reporter at the station suggesting he'd like to do that follow-up. I agreed, and about half-an-hour later he showed up with a cameraman. They liked the visuals of my driveway or something, so we did a five-minute interview right there. I expressed my opinions about Representative Case (I don't like his stance on issues -- he's Republican-lite), and they aired the spot last night.
I've never done that before. It's a credit to the reporter (Stephen Florino) that I completely forgot the camera was running. He asked good questions and kept my attention on him. I had about a minute-and-a-half of air time, and my family has been teasing me all morning about being a TV star.
Posted by Linkmeister at September 17, 2006 10:18 AM | TrackBackI don't know, 1.5 minutes is a lot of a news broadcast. I can just picture the visual representation I have of you in my head, on the news - I imagine your a natural, especialy if you forget the camera.
Posted by: DuWayne at September 17, 2006 02:02 PMI may be overestimating it. Thanks for the compliment, though. ;)
I found the video, but they cut the interview sections and just used their graphics in it. Rats.
Posted by: Linkmeister at September 17, 2006 02:42 PM