{"id":182,"date":"2016-11-08T17:58:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/?p=182"},"modified":"2016-11-08T20:51:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T20:51:49","slug":"veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Lauren Sproule and Shauna McGinn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nov. 8, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OGDENSBURG, N.Y.<strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Even seasoned journalist David Sommerstein has never seen anything quite like this election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s \u201cunparalleled in many ways,\u201d said the assistant news director and reporter at upstate New York\u2019s North Country Public Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Sommerstein, who covered the tumultuous 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, said the rhetoric and sometimes-profane banter between the candidates this time around has been nothing short of \u201calarming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sommerstein told us about his team&#8217;s plan of attack for election coverage:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/292097970&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Sommersteins coverage of our project:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/292124011&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Sproule and Shauna McGinn Nov. 8, 2016 OGDENSBURG, N.Y.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Even seasoned&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[58,61],"tags":[64,41,63],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lauren-sproule","category-shauna-mcginn","tag-coverage","tag-election-day","tag-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage - Journalism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage - Journalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Lauren Sproule and Shauna McGinn Nov. 8, 2016 OGDENSBURG, N.Y.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Even seasoned&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Journalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-08T17:58:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-08T20:51:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14975825_10157860091380724_338566286_o.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"625\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/\",\"name\":\"Journalism\",\"description\":\"America Votes 2016\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14975825_10157860091380724_338566286_o.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14975825_10157860091380724_338566286_o.jpg\",\"width\":1560,\"height\":625},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/\",\"name\":\"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage - Journalism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-08T17:58:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-08T20:51:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#\/schema\/person\/3c5b5bdbc65b056025aa7e8fee925c7d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#\/schema\/person\/3c5b5bdbc65b056025aa7e8fee925c7d\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0eeef8ce529f19f4c2a5ee1db8fa6bba203e790c4c93df4d524bc18784a697c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0eeef8ce529f19f4c2a5ee1db8fa6bba203e790c4c93df4d524bc18784a697c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/author\/adamrose\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage - Journalism","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage - Journalism","og_description":"By Lauren Sproule and Shauna McGinn Nov. 8, 2016 OGDENSBURG, N.Y.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Even seasoned&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/","og_site_name":"Journalism","article_published_time":"2016-11-08T17:58:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-11-08T20:51:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1560,"height":625,"url":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14975825_10157860091380724_338566286_o.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/","name":"Journalism","description":"America Votes 2016","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14975825_10157860091380724_338566286_o.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14975825_10157860091380724_338566286_o.jpg","width":1560,"height":625},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/","name":"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage - Journalism","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2016-11-08T17:58:51+00:00","dateModified":"2016-11-08T20:51:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#\/schema\/person\/3c5b5bdbc65b056025aa7e8fee925c7d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/veteran-radio-reporter-gears-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Veteran radio reporter gears up for election coverage"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#\/schema\/person\/3c5b5bdbc65b056025aa7e8fee925c7d","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0eeef8ce529f19f4c2a5ee1db8fa6bba203e790c4c93df4d524bc18784a697c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0eeef8ce529f19f4c2a5ee1db8fa6bba203e790c4c93df4d524bc18784a697c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/author\/adamrose\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14975825_10157860091380724_338566286_o.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p84fi0-2W","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}