Media Placements
“The phrase ‘media circus’ must have been coined in New Hampshire in the days leading up to the primary. After Iowa the media resettles in New Hampshire and then multiplies about three times over, or at least it seems that way. I remember walking down the street in Concord the Sunday before Primary Day and I looked to my left and Anderson Cooper was standing about three feet away reporting live. A few minutes later I saw Sean Hannity on another street corner and Carl Cameron in front of me amidst a throng of passionate supporters from just about every campaign, all anxious to get their candidate’s sign on live TV.”
Rebekah A. Lee, Internship Paper
“The media attention was definitely one of the coolest parts of the trip. The media was everywhere! We met Chris Matthews from ‘Hardball,” among others. . . . In Manchester there were camera crews in all corners. I imagine this is what Los Angeles looks like with all of the celebrities. . . I felt like a celebrity with all of the media attention that the Road to the White House class received. . . After the 10 days, I developed the skill that I call ‘posing for the media,’ meaning that I learned to look natural in each shot. . .”
Damaris Escalera, Internship Paper
“… I saw Chris Matthews from Hardball and snapped a quick photo with him. This is what I love about being up here for this. I mean I was in a crowd next to Michael Steel and Chris Matthews, and then Sean Hannity walked right by me with a microphone in hand and a camera crew in tow… He put the camera on me and the mike in front of me and interviewed me briefly about what I was doing here. I did not wake up this morning thinking I would be interviewed by Sean Hannity. The crowd continued to get thick and throughout the morning I ran into Carl Cameron from FOX News, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, CBS’s Bob Schieffer, and former Senator Phil Gramm.”
Brandon Keith, Blog
Media Placements
Not only did students have the opportunity to meet the presidential candidates and the various celebrity surrogates that came to New Hampshire to stump on their behalf, but also our students began to feel like celebrities themselves.
St. Petersburg Times photographer Martha Rial was “embedded” with our class up in New Hampshire. Her photos appeared in a full-page spread in the Sunday Times, and additional photos were posted on the St. Petersburg Times website. The link is posted on our class website, www.stpt.usf.edu/whitehouse
Students were interviewed by journalists from newspapers and television stations from around the country, and, indeed, from around the world.
Here in Tampa Bay, our students were featured in
Print: Television: Radio:
St. Petersburg Times Tampa Bay’s 10 (CBS) WUSF 89.7
Tampa Tribune Bay News 9
The Crow’s Nest Fox 13 News
WUSF
Print:
“Major Fire at Hotel,” Manchester Union Leader, 5 January 2008
Martha Rial, “10 Cold Days in Heat of the Race,” St. Petersburg Times, 6 January 2008
William March, “Poli Sci Students See NH Primary from the Inside,” included in the “March on Politics” blog on the Tampa Tribune website, 7 January 2008
Paul Mena, “Living Elections with Intensity,” The Crow’s Nest, 22 January 2008
Paul Mena, “The Road to the White House: Ten Days of Intense Politics in New Hampshire,” USFSP E-News, 9 January 2008
Paul Mena, El Diario and La Opinion blogs (en Espanol)
Paul Mena, “Renida Carera,” Vistazo, 17 Enero 2008 (en Espanol)
Radio:
Steve Newborn, “Students Heating Up in Chilly New Hampshire,” WUSF, January 7, 2008
Mark Schreiner, “The Road to the White House,” WUSF “University Beat,” 17 February 2008
Television:
Fox 13, December 28, 2007
Tampa Bays 10, “USF Paves Road to White House,” 28 December 2007
Dalia Dangerfield, Bay News 9, 28 December 2007
Kate Merrill, “Fire Strikes at NH Campaign Volunteers Inn,” WBZTV (Boston), 5 January 2008
Bay News 9, January 6, 2008
Isabel Mascarenas, Tampa Bay’s 10, “Students Get Inside the Campaign Trail,” 15 January 2008
Mark Schreiner, “The Road to the White House,” WUSF “University Beat,” 17 February 2008
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