President-elect Barack Obama announced he will be video taping his weekly Democratic radio address'. The videos will then be uploaded onto YouTube and posted on his official site http://www.change.gov.
This marks the first time in history a president-elect or president has used a multimedia platform to communicate to the public. Obama will also record Q&As and video interviews to be posted online.Telegraph: Barack Obama to record weekly YouTube video (November 14, 2008)
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- Reuters: Radio addresses to go high-tech in Obama presidency (November 14, 2008)