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The Election 2008 Visiting Journalists Program
October 22 - November 6, 2008
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Barack Obama at his final campaign rally in Manassas, Virginia on November 3.
Photo by Sylvia Gereda Valenzuela |
Readers and listeners all over the world enjoyed special insight into the U.S. presidential election as a result of the Elections 2008 Visiting Journalists Program, which brought 48 journalists from 46 countries to cover the historic campaign and vote.
The program, which ran from Oct. 22 to Nov. 6, was designed to let the journalists see American democracy at work. To achieve that goal, it placed them at the center of the electoral storm.
The visiting journalists fanned out to battleground states around the country and worked in newsrooms as far north as New Hampshire, as far south as Florida and as far West as Colorado, reporting alongside American reporters and watching both the political process and the role of the U.S. media.
Program News
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 By Soine Negongo
The 2008 US election was indeed a momentous occasion. The moment it was announced that Democratic contender in the election campaign Senator Barack Obama was the new President of the United States, I was reminded about my country’s Independence 18 years ago.
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 By Ali Barada
Yes, Barack Obama made history in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. While the lessons of his historic victory are yet to be learned, I have already gained insights into the unfolding story of America’s democracy.
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 In October, ICFJ dispatched 50 international journalists to battleground states to cover the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign. They filed hundreds of print, web radio and TV reports, vastly increasing understanding around the world of the election, the candidates and the way democracy works in the U.S. This short documentary follows two of the participants covering the election from New Hampshire.
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 As the presidential candidates hit the trail, our 48 visiting journalists headed out to battleground states around the country to cover the campaign, following briefings in Washington by leading experts on politics and media. Check out their experiences, through photos.
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.jpg) By Charles Odongtho
Writing about my experience of participating in this year’s U.S. elections as a journalist has been one of the hardest assignments to undertake.
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