By Larry Larsen
Obama's speech was a good example of what I've been talking about in our morning meetings at Poynter. The main job of the President or even a presidential candidate is not to push for laws and trash the other party, but to inspire people to be better citizens. Watch video from the speech and read a transcript via The New York Times.
The story here, as I see it, is that the wrong person is accepting the nomination tomorrow. I hope in the next election the media digs deep enough to get past the two or three people the DNC/RNC try to push to the top, and find the good people of modest upbringing to inspire the country to be
better, even if that means (gasp) a third party candidate.
As for pictures, I really like the wide shots and over-the-shoulder shots. This is about the people and to use a picture framing a single person talking at a podium is vastly missing the point.
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