(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)I have spent the last two weeks traveling the state with Free Press reporter Sam Hemingway (whom I worked on the OxyContin series with) collecting interviews and photos from six Vermonters who are headed to DC next week for Obama's Presidential Inauguration.
Sam has a real gift for delving into people's lives and finding the heart behind a story. I try to pick up interview tricks from him as he is a true veteran of the field and I'm a lowly greenhorn, so maybe someday...someday...I'll be able to draw such poignant and meaningful responses from my interview candidates. For now I'll focus on producing top notch multimedia content which is an enormous task within itself. Hundreds of photos and hours of recorded interviews later, I had all of the components to make an in-depth multiple-perspective multimedia piece on why each of these six Vermonters are driven to attend the Inauguration. Each person has their own, unique and touching story that gives them a slightly different lens from which to experience the event. I wrapped my project earlier this evening after several grueling days of sitting inside editing. I picked a good week to plunk down with the computer though (for all you non-VTers) as temperatures dipped below zero for most of the week. Please take a few minutes of your time to sit down and enjoy the audio slideshow (link below). It's a bit longer than the rest, but for such a historic moment as this, I think it rightly deserves the attention.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
(Gannett News Service, Rob Curtis/Army Times)
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