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Street Team '08: EricaAmerica
 
 
 
   
 
"Stay far from timid, only make moves when ya heart's in it, and live the phrase, Sky's The Limit." - Notorious B.I.G.
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Why I’m Here

I am a citizen journalist for MTV's Street Team '08. In total there are 51 of us – canvassing each state and Washington, DC (that’s me). MTV and The Knight Foundation hired each of us to create a young, national press corp to cover this historic election. 

 

If you see a girl with a red and black backpack break into a sprint on K Street -- the Mall -- or Metro, wave hello. That's me, EricaAmerica, on the hunt. I see potential in everything and everyone, but want to cover stories that are untold. Underexposed. And of course, all things that speak to us -- the young people who are often not addressed by politicians and mainstream press.

 


Here. Goes. Nothing. 


[CURRENT STORY]

 

 


[VETERAN ISSUES]
Fighting to Survive -- 09/23/08 
Mission Possible -- Iraq Veterans--6/24
Young Surge in the Anti-War Movement -- 6/17
GI Bill -- Body Armor or Brain Power? -- 5/13
Decision to Desert: Part II -- 4/8 
Decision to Desert: Part I -- 4/1
The U.S. Military: Vol•un•teers at War -- 3/25 
A Government Issued Right -- 3/18

[ASSORTED STORIES]
Roundtrip to the RNC!! -- 09/02/08
Face Off at the White House -- 8/7
Anacostia's Academy -- 7/29
Northeast's Hip Hop Soul -- 7/31
The Gentrified Generation of DC: "They Resent Us. I Would, Too." -- 7/15
Politics at the Public House -- 7/8  
The Campaign for a Rival -- Hillary's New Move -- 6/10
Crime and Punishment in the Democratic Party -- 6/3 
Congress Debates Education Budget -- 3/12
A Campaign In Crisis -- 3/4
Clinton's Last, Best Hope -- 2/26
DC's Super Tuesday is Here -- 2/13
Dawn of the DC Primary -- 2/12 
Kennedy Endorses Obama -- 1/29 
The Memorial Day Mix -- 5/27
Ten Minutes with Eric Marshall -- 4/29
At the Intersection of Issues-- 4/15 
The Way Helen (Thomas) Sees It -- 2/21
A Gay...Republican? -- 9/16
Subject: Did You See? -- 5/20
Supreme Civil Liberties -- 5/6

My Stories from the RNC

 

 




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