For years, VPR News has produced a special evening show to report up-to-the-minute results on Town Meeting Day. This year, it was enriched more than ever by Tweets and blogs and all kinds of social media.
While VPR's Bob Kinzel was on the air with guest Chris Graff, several VPR News staffers were scrolling through blogs, Tweeting, and scouring the Internet for results and information. Of course, we also used the now-old-fashioned but tried-and-true telephone (the kind that's plugged into the wall; remember those?), email, and actually going to the town meetings and polling places where the news was being made.
We had results faster than ever by marrying all of those technologies. As we gathered information from all of our various sources, senior producer Patti Daniels passed it along to Bob in the studio, who kept our listening audience on top of developments. We heard on the air from VPR staff around the state. And VPR VP for News and Programming John Van Hoesen was our Tweeter-in-chief -- and the man behind the @vprnet logo on Twitter all night!
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
"First Tuesday" Is Here
The first Tuesday in March is Town Meeting Day and VPR has many ways for you to get your town's news on the air and online. Plus you can hear all about towns and cities around the state.
Today: Vermont Edition at Noon
We'll talk with Kermit Richardson of Orange, who's stepping down after 50 years as town meeting moderator there; with Rockingham moderator Mike Harty about the effects of tough economic on voter generosity; and with Alison Forrest of Huntington about the town meeting lunch. We'd also like to hear about your Town Meeting traditions.
You can email us at Vermontedition@vpr.net or post your comments here.
Tonight: Special Coverage on VPR from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Bob Kinzel hosts with guest Steve Jeffery of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. We travel around the state to hear results from the day during this special 90 minute program. Email results or comments to news@vpr.net or call the show 1-800-639-2211.
Anytime: Post Your Comments or Your Town’s Results.
VPR Documentary: First Tuesday
This hour-long documentary, narrated by VPR's Steve Delaney, explores the rich tradition of Town Meeting Day, its importance to Vermont life and the challenges to grassroots democracy during changing times.
Where We Are: See Ross Sneyd’s post for more on Town Meeting and where VPR’s staff will be.
Today: Vermont Edition at Noon
We'll talk with Kermit Richardson of Orange, who's stepping down after 50 years as town meeting moderator there; with Rockingham moderator Mike Harty about the effects of tough economic on voter generosity; and with Alison Forrest of Huntington about the town meeting lunch. We'd also like to hear about your Town Meeting traditions.
You can email us at Vermontedition@vpr.net or post your comments here.
Tonight: Special Coverage on VPR from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Bob Kinzel hosts with guest Steve Jeffery of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. We travel around the state to hear results from the day during this special 90 minute program. Email results or comments to news@vpr.net or call the show 1-800-639-2211.
Anytime: Post Your Comments or Your Town’s Results.
VPR Documentary: First Tuesday
This hour-long documentary, narrated by VPR's Steve Delaney, explores the rich tradition of Town Meeting Day, its importance to Vermont life and the challenges to grassroots democracy during changing times.
Where We Are: See Ross Sneyd’s post for more on Town Meeting and where VPR’s staff will be.
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