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Elections 2008: Covering the Presidential Campaign
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Date: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Time: 12:00 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT)
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Campaigning for the 2008 presidential election is more than a full-time job. It consumes the lives of everyone who is involved, from morning till evening. Jim Dickenson covered every U.S. presidential campaign from 1964 to 1988 during his years as a political reporter in Washington.
Dickenson was a political reporter, editor and columnist for the Washington Post, the Washington Star, the National Observer and United Press International for nearly 30 years. He now works as a media consultant with federal government agencies and private corporations while continuing freelance writing.
Please join Jim Dickenson to discuss the upcoming 2008 presidential election and life on the campaign trail.
Guest Biography: James Dickenson was a political reporter, editor and columnist for the Washington Post, the Washington Star, the National Observer and United Press International for nearly 30 years. He now works as a media consultant with federal government agencies and private corporations while continuing freelance writing. During his career he covered every presidential election from 1964 to 1988. He covered the White House during the administrations of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Dickenson also has covered the Senate and the House of Representatives and their major election campaigns, plus major gubernatorial, mayoral and other political and nonpolitical stories around the United States.
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