Podcast from the top
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is podcasting. Merkel hardly has a TV personality. But she keeps it brief. In her maiden voyage, she talks about the World Cup, starting in Germany, and how podcasts and technology aren’t for the young alone. It’s a good move. (Thanks, Erik Fortune)
June 9th, 2006 at 3:14 am
[...] The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has her first video podcast, coinciding with the beginning of the World Cup in Germany. A Prime Minister doing a video podcast, who’d have imagined that 12 months ago? [via] [...]
June 9th, 2006 at 6:29 am
Being used to a weekly radio address of your president and more it may not be obvious why this is a *very* huge thing regarding the acceptance of new media like podcasting / video casting, but also a huge step forward in how politics are able to address the nation.
In a press conference presenting this one of the journalist was obviously baffled that Angela Merkel intends on communicating directly with the people instead (!) of giving the information to the media.
“Frage: Und sie richten sich direkt an die Bevölkerung, nicht an uns Medien, die die Informationen dann weitergeben sollen?”
(taken of http://blog.gruene-jugend.de/2006/regierungssprecher-ist-mit-merkel-podcast-vollig-uberfordert/)
June 10th, 2006 at 5:40 am
[...] Angela Merkel may have made an unfortunate precedent. She’s started podcasting. It’s only time until Tony and “downwithit” Brown follow suit. What would a Tony podcast be about?? Can you imagine Brown casting on fiscal prudence? According to Jarvis over at Buzzmachine, Merkel talks about (surprisingly) the World Cup and how great podcasting is! [...]
June 20th, 2006 at 4:11 am
[...] Videoblogging for social change. We want this to actually influence society, right? So, Angela Merkel published her first video podcast on June 8th. As Nicole Simon commented on BuzzMachine: In a press conference presenting this one of the journalist was obviously baffled that Angela Merkel intends on communicating directly with the people instead (!) of giving the information to the media. [...]