From President-Elect Obama today:
According to Steve Grove, head of news and politics at YouTube, the Obama campaign uploaded over 1800 videos that have been viewed over 110 million times total. And now, President Obama plans to do regular youtube addresses to the nation.
Today, President-elect Obama will record the weekly Democratic address not just on radio but also on video — a first. The address, typically four minutes long, will be turned into a YouTube video and posted on Obama’s transition site, Change.gov, once the radio address is made public on Saturday morning.
The address will be taped at the transition office in Chicago today.
“This is just one of many ways that he will communicate directly with the American people and make the White House and the political process more transparent,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki told us last night.
In addition to regularly videotaping the radio address, officials at the transition office say the Obama White House will also conduct online Q&As and video interviews.
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to see how President Obama uses all of these new forms of media in the future. This installment is more of a re-stating of his goals for the economy. I hope he gets more specific as he moves from President-elect to President.
Researchers will appreciate this. Way to go, Obama.
McWho? never had a hope in hell.
He was like Nixon if Nixon had run against Kennedy without using TV.
“The Great Communicator” no longer belongs to Ronnie…