December was a great month for my relatively new position running the shop at News Growl. It also marked the first full interview on the site led by me. I've played a part in all of our previous interviews, but mostly behind the scenes. Now Patricia and I have sort of swapped roles for interviews, where I take the lead and she makes suggestions and edits.
The first result, an interview with Laura Reese, was a huge success. Laura is a newcomer to political activism, and with help from the crowdfunding platform Lobbyists 4 Good she hopes to end federal subsidies of animal agriculture. It's a big task, but the option L4G provide to ordinary citizens is really exciting. There is another interview underway (it's one I'm really excited about, mostly because it involves one of the most under-reported stories from the recent midterm elections) and there are plans to do several more. Hopefully we can get back into the swing of things as our interviews were one of our most popular features under Patricia's editorship. Oh, and December was notable for two other lobbyist-related stories: an mini-interview with Maryland pro bono lobbyist Jimmy Tarlau (I don't count this as a full interview as it was much shorter than our usual ones), and a story about South Dakota's Deb Peters, who left the South Dakota Legislature just after her reelection to join a health care association (and as I found out, must have applied for the role no more than three days after her recent election to a new four year term). Expect more on the confluence of these three lobbying-related stories soon (I hope).
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