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Video: Obama Rally Coverage

By Cliff Etzel • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia

On Friday May 9th 2008, I was given access to cover the rally for Democratic Presidential front runner Senator Barack Obama held here in Eugene, Oregon at the University of Oregon. I was able to work as a solo video journalist and obtained press credentials through the citizen journalist organization The Uptake and the video [...]


Thoughts on shooting the Obama Rally with my equipment setup

By Cliff Etzel • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Equipment

On Friday, May 9th, I was fortunate enough to have been given access to cover the rally for Senator Obama held here in Eugene, Oregon as a solo video journalist. Needless to say, I hadn’t been through a trial by fire like that in many years – reminded me of my daysas an unpaid intern [...]