Peter Hamby Asking News Today

Standpoint of somebody who is on a campaign working with the media, how do you look at that relationship and where it stands right now? >> i think the premise of peters paper is right. twitter has dramatically changed the relationship between campaigns and reporters. everything you say or do, whether public, private, on a plane, its out there, out there quickly without any edits. its very problematic for dealing with reporters because you have to be on your guard at all times. you cant have a mo...

Their tools were notebooks and cassette tapes and the quarters in their pockets to call in from a pay phone and they were paid in access. getting to know candidates were close, who they were, what made them tick and their favorite brands of whiskey. the unscripted moments is what drove. decades later, buses remain but everything else about the way reporters cover campaigns is dramatically different. lap stops, smartphones, digital video cameras. they get news to viewers and readers around the wo...