Welcome to the NPR debate live chat for credentialed media.
If you are participating live (2:00-3:00PM ET, November 29), please submit any
questions throughout the session. If you are reading this as an archive
post on the NPR.org media credentials page and still have questions that
weren’t answered live, please contact Leah Yoon (lyoon(AT)npr.org), Senior Manager, Media
Relations, NPR.
Who’s on our end: Leah, NPR Debate Executive Producer Susan
Feeney and Andi Sporkin (asporkin(AT)npr.org) Vice President for
Communications, NPR. All of us will be answering the questions although
Andi will be doing all the typing. Also, we will be entering and
answering questions we’ve received from some members of the media since we
posted our FAQ on the credentialing page.
We look forward to seeing you at our event.
~Susan, Leah and Andi
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asporkin_npr(Q) This is Andi. Let me start with a question
that came to us: Can I pick up credentials before Tuesday?
asporkin_npr(A) Credential pick-up times at the Museum debate
check-in desk are Monday and Tuesday, 9:30A-12N. You'll need to bring a valid
press ID with photo, or government-issued ID with photo. Sorry, we won't permit
pick-up for others.
jholmes_vintoneagle(Q) Will there be access
for us to the candidates and if so before or after the debate?
asporkin_npr(A) We will have a full spin room set up
immediately after the debate for media with the candidates and/or their
surrogates. We will also have pool spray with the candidates before the debate
begins and upon its conclusion.
asporkin_npr(Q) How will the spin room be set up?
asporkin_npr(A) Let me also explain our spin room set-up. We
will have adjacent spaces for broadcast media and print/online media. This
arrangement will let TV crews maintain fixed positions (with a little elbow
room). For TV crew members who don't need to be in the filing room during
debate, they are welcome to sit in the Auditorium (also adjacent to the spin
rooms) where we will pipe in the debate audio and have some VIP guests.
asporkin_npr(Q) Important question: will there be food?
asporkin_npr(A) Yes - we'll have lunch and beverages.
asporkin_npr(Q) Who's the contact if we need a comment from
NPR management?
asporkin_npr(A) I'm the contact: Andi Sporkin, asporkin(AT)npr.org I'll be in
asporkin_npr(Q) Can members of the media who aren't
credentialed do so Tuesday at the door?
asporkin_npr(A) We can't promise. We strongly urge you to
tell colleagues to submit credentialing requests as soon as possible (i.e. now)
since media space is limited and the check-in desk will be handling everyone
coming through in a short window of time. The incoming credential request forms
are monitored frequently at our end.
asporkin_npr(Q) This is another question we've gotten
recently: can we bring a video crew in the debate room briefly during the
broadcast?
asporkin_npr(A) Sorry, no. This is an audio-only debate.
jtomlin_meettheprez(Q) When is video
allowed?
asporkin_npr(A) There will be the pool sprays before the
debate begins and after it's finished. Beyond that, media can shoot individual
video in the spin rooms post-debate.
asporkin_npr(Q) And another question that's come in: where
can we park?
asporkin_npr(A) There's a free parking garage (Capitol
Complex Parking) on the NW corner of
asporkin_npr(Q) For TV crews...how long is the cable run from
the spin room to where you're parking?
asporkin_npr(A) Depending on where the truck is parked,
100-200 feet. The Museum has told us that this set-up has worked successfully
with news crews.
asporkin_npr(Q) Will the moderators be available to talk to
the media?
asporkin_npr(A) There might be some availability prior to the
debate (Sunday, Monday, possibly Tuesday AM) or after. If you have specific
interest, please contact Leah Yoon at lyoon(AT)npr.org
asporkin_npr(C) Just so we're better
prepared, for those media representatives logged on: are you planning on
picking up credentials Monday or Tuesday? If you can respond in the
"ask" box, that would be helpful.
asporkin_npr(C) Thanks for the
responses - that'll help us with check-in staffing.
asporkin_npr(C) Here's contact info
for street use permits (for TV trucks): Traffic and Transportation Division,
asporkin_npr(C) We're going to wrap.
Thanks for attending. This will be archived on this page starting 4:00PM (ET)
today, November 29. Any other questions, please
contact us...e-mail's best...and see you in
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