RNC Announces Web Video Contest

July 30, 2008

Here's an interesting, tech-savvy tactic to spur favorable coverage of the 2008 Republican National Convention… the RNC sent out an e-mail blast Wednesday offering a free trip to the big event and a day in presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain's press pool to the winner of a Web video contest.

The deadline is Friday for contestants to upload a clip to the GOP convention's YouTube page describing "why you are a Republican in 2008?" Submissions must be less than two minutes. The public will select one out of five finalists next week and the producer of the winning segment will get a three-day trip to the convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn., where their video will be shown.

More details are available here.

Juliana Gruenwald

Tech Writer

E-Mail: jgruenwald@nationaljournal.com.

Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

Josh Smith

Tech Reporter

E-Mail: joshsmith@nationaljournal.com.

Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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