Media Savvy Helps Student Reporter Land Obama Interview
Here's a nice positive story for a Monday morning, from our guest blogger Tim Ebner:
It took almost a year and a lot of dedicated reporting, but 11-year-old Damon Weaver finally got his wish last week: to interview President Barack Obama. This soon-to-be sixth grader from Pahokee, Florida used Internet sites, like YouTube and SchoolTube, to spread viral videos, which landed him in a seat at the White House for a one-on-one with the president.
There’s a good chance you’ve already heard or seen Damon’s story. During the 2008 presidential election, he and his classmates from Kathryn E. Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary School received national media attention for the election coverage they were producing at their school’s news station, KEC-TV. Damon led the newsroom’s coverage by talking with many of Barack Obama’s supporters, including this interview with now Vice President Joe Biden which spread quickly across the Web.
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