Kyle Michaelis Profiled by Don Walton
Apr 30, 04:38 PM CST
Kyle Michaelis, President of the Nebraska Young Democrats and founder of the New Nebraska Network (as well as friend of the blog), was profiled by Don Walton in today’s version of the Lincoln Journal-Star.
Kyle (left) at the recent Senate Debate. He clearly takes his Senate Debates very seriously.
Anyone who’s been involved with Nebraska Young Democrats or is plugged into online politics in Nebraska has come across Kyle Michaelis. Don Walton asks, Who is this guy?
(Kyle’s) blog headquarters is his apartment at 16th and G streets, in a modest neighborhood. He enters the high-tech world from an eight-year-old desktop computer.
But Michaelis has beaten Nebraska’s established media to a prized interview with Barack Obama.
He created considerable buzz with a series of extensive candidate interviews. And he has initiated audio political commentary in the form of discussions online.
Obama was his first blog interview in 2006, when the Illinois senator came to Omaha to address a Democratic event. While the established media had to settle for a news conference, Obama sat down with Michaelis at the Hilton Omaha for 10 minutes.
Congratulations to Kyle for getting some well-deserved recognition. Here’s to hoping he keeps up the good work.
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