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A Street Team Goodbye from Iowa

 

ELECTION DAY in Iowa

 

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VIDEO - Talking with Young Voters (Ames, IA)

VIDEO - My Voting Experience (Ames, IA)

BLOG - Disorganized Voting Location (Ames, IA)

VIDEO - Picketers

 

VIDEO - Early Morning Voters

BLOG - Gore Endorses Obama...

 

 

Last Week's Stories:

 

Iowa Road Trip Part 3

Iowa Floods Revisited (Road Trip 3.1)

Flobots in Iowa (Road Trip 3.2)

 

 

Past stories:

Our Own Debate (Iowa Road Trip 2.5)

Iowa Road Trip Pt. 2

Iowa Road Trip Pt. 1

Voter Apathy Blog

Alternative Energy - Answers for the Future (?)

Supporters Come Out for McCain/Palin

Alternative Energy - What I've Learned

Young RNC Delegates (Iowa)

Young DNC Delegate (Iowa)

Hydrogen Engine Developement (Iowa)

Iowa Ethanol Production

Iowa Disaster Relief

Iowa Wind Energy Pt. 2

Iowa Wind Energy Pt. 1

Unnecessary Spending - Iowa Food Stamp Tax

Iowa Smoking Ban Fair?

Liberal Drinkers

Iowa Floods 2008

Young Iowan Running for Office

Iowa Energy Independence

Iowa Congressional Primaries – Boswell vs. Fallon

Gun Control in Iowa Pt. 2

Gun Control in Iowa

Central Iowa 10,000 Hours Show Engages Youth Volunteers

Iowa's Smoking Ban

Iowa Weather Unpredictable

Iowa State’s VEISHEA – Always Controversial?

rootBEER Pong for Life? 

Iowa Students Do Alternative Spring Break

Iowa Delegate Changes

An Iowa Soldier on the War in Iraq

Steve King - Please Place Foot In Mouth

Borrowing Tips

Borrowing for College

Sick Without Health Care

Not Quite Super Tuesday Everywhere

Caucus Follow-Up Pt. 3: This is it!

Caucus Follow-Up Pt. 2: Youths

Caucus Follow-Up Pt. 1: What's the Big Deal

VLOG: Iowa Caucus Youth Vote

IOWA CAUCUS...First in the Nation, Unlike Anything Anywhere Else

Caucus Anticipation

Have You Registered to Vote?

 

 

My goal is to give young people a  voice, especially those who usually don't have the opportunity to speak out.

I am the  Iowa  Citizen Journalist  Correspondent  for the  2008 MTV  Choose  or  Lose Street Team.

I will spend the months leading up to the November elections reporting on  political issues  in my state. I am joined by  50 other talented young journalists join me, one in every state, plus  D.C.

Four year ago it was "20 Million Loud." This time around I'd like to see that the  youths of America  not only get out and  vote, but realize that they have an opportunity to let they're voice be heard and make a difference.Think  is one of many open forums where they can do that, and I'm glad to be part of it.

 

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Merry Christmas to Me (Thank You)

I just wanted to issue a semi-public 'thank you' to the people at MTV Networks who have respected our (Street Team members) choice to speak out on how we've been treated.

 

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Actually not over...

As any followers of this blog may have heard, MTV is not paying us...or anyone for that matter. It's almost funny because last year when I was trying to decide weather to take this job, I was observing what was going on with freelance benefits and the WTF MTV shirts, and the ridicule of their huge million...

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Street Team Goodbye from Iowa
It's all over, and time to look back at the past year...
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by  NathanLeigh on november 12, 2008
 
   
 
Talking with Young Voters (Iowa)
Outside a polling station in Ames, Ia, I talk to young Iowa State University student, many whom are voting for their first time.
Tags: election   vote   voting   Iowa   voter   Street Team 08   polling   polls   Nathan...
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by  NathanLeigh on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
My Voting Experience (Ames, IA)
Going to my polling location, voting, and leaving before the line gets too long as Iowa State Students are getting out of class and going to cast their ballot.
Tags: election   voting   Iowa   voter   Street Team 08   polls   Nathan Leigh
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by  NathanLeigh on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
ELECTION DAY in Iowa - Early Morning Voters
Early morning voters lining up at a local polling place. Long lines, eager voters.
Tags: election   obama   Iowa   McCain   voter
Views 22
by  NathanLeigh on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
ELECTION DAY in Iowa - Picketers
Picketers for Obama on the main road by Iowa State University campus.
Tags: election   campaign   obama   Iowa
Views 10
by  NathanLeigh on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Flobots in Iowa (Road Trip 3.2)
A supplement to "Iowa Road Trip Part 3." In this video we talk to the Flobots after their show in Des Moines. Check out their non-profit...www.FightWithTools.org
Tags: tour   election   Iowa   Street Team 08   Nathan Leigh   Trip   Flobots   road
Views 24
by  NathanLeigh on november 01, 2008
 
   
 
Iowa Floods Revisited (Road Trip 3.1)
A supplement to "Iowa Road Trip Part 3." In this video we revisit the flood detestation in Cedar Rapids with Navy Recruiter, Chief Mathew Tanner.
Tags: tour   environment   election   disaster   Iowa   floods   Street Team 08   Nathan...
Views 12
by  NathanLeigh on november 01, 2008
 
   
 
Iowa Road Trip Pt. 3
The third and final installment to my road trip series, in this part Nick, Andy and I hit Cedar Falls on the night of the final presidential debate, waste time...
Tags: politics   election   Iowa   des moines   voter   Street Team 08   gas   Apathy...
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by  NathanLeigh on november 01, 2008
 
   
 
Our Own Debate (Iowa Road Trip 2.5)
After attending a viewing party in Cedar Falls for the last presidential debate, we decided to have a debate of our own...Three Obama supporters, Three McCain ...
Tags: election   debate   Iowa   Street Team 08   Nathan Leigh
Views 135
by  NathanLeigh on october 24, 2008
 
   
 
Iowa Road Trip Pt. 2
As we continue our road trip that barely got us out of Ames in last week's story, we hit the Iowa Lakes, my home town, and many other towns, talking politics with...
Tags: election   president   issues   race   Iowa   Presidential   Street Team 08   ...
Views 24
by  NathanLeigh on october 24, 2008
 
   
 
Iowa Road Trip Pt. 1
I embark on a road trip around the state of Iowa, but don't even make it out of Ames in this first part...We talk with an Iowa State University political science...
Tags: politics   election   president   college   race   Iowa   class   Street Team...
Views 112
by  NathanLeigh on october 20, 2008
 
   
 
Alternative Energy - Answers for the Future
Monty Shaw of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association sits down with us to weigh out the different viewpoints we've heard thus far.
Tags: environment   election   MTV   alternative energy   oil   street team   Ethanol...
Views 41
by  NathanLeigh on october 03, 2008
 
   
 
Supporters Come Out for McCain/Palin
Cedar Rapids, IA - September 18, 2008. As McCain and Palin spoke about our struggling economy and ongoing financial crisis, I found more interest talk to the...
Tags: election   campaign   candidate   Rally   Iowa   Economy   street team   McCain...
Views 151
by  NathanLeigh on september 26, 2008
 
   
 
Alternative Energy Series Logo
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Tags: alternative energy
Views 39
by  NathanLeigh on september 19, 2008
 
   
 
Young RNC Delegates (Iowa)
TJ Augustine and Paul Vidmar, both Iowa State University students, will be attending the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota next week. They...
Tags: election   Iowa   Republican   Street Team 08   national   delegates   Convention...
Views 57
by  NathanLeigh on august 28, 2008
 
   
 
Young DNC Delegate (Iowa)
Jordan Oster (21) of Clive, Iowa discusses youth politics and his road to becoming a national delegate for the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO (Aug...
Tags: youth   election   vote   denver   Democrats   Democrat   Iowa   Young   dnc   ...
Views 70
by  NathanLeigh on august 20, 2008
 
   
 
Hydrogen Engine Developement (Iowa)
Ted Hollinger and Mike Schiltz of Hydrogen Engine Center in Algona, Ia tell us about the engines they've been producing, their application, and the future of ...
Tags: cars   environment   election   Energy   Fuel   Iowa   Economy   wind   Street...
Views 80
by  NathanLeigh on august 13, 2008
 
   
 
Iowa Ethanol Production
Lars Dunn of Lincolnway Energy in Nevada, Iowa takes us through the process of producing ethanol. Another installment to my Alternative Energy Series, I'll have...
Tags: environment   election   Energy   Fuel   oil   Iowa   Economy   Ethanol   Street...
Views 102
by  NathanLeigh on august 07, 2008
 
   
 
Lance Armstrong 'Embraces Iowa'
This video clip accompanies my "Iowa Disaster Relief" blog. As he introduces Styx for an Iowa disaster benefit concert, Armstrong says that he has embraced...
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by  NathanLeigh on july 30, 2008
 
   
 
Flooded Street in Ames, IA
To accompany my "Iowa Disaster Relief" blog, this is the scene outside my apartment building as I was working on the story. It just keeps coming! http://think...
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by  NathanLeigh on july 30, 2008
 
 
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