It's convention time again - we've got the presumptive nominees, we've got the keynote speakers, and now we wait for the official proceedings and celebratory balloon drops.
In the weeks leading up both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, our elections coverage team--which includes reporters, producers, editors, operations staff and engineers--has been making exhaustive preparations, sorting out logistics and lining up interviews. With three hours of live coverage every night of both conventions, live blogging and reporting throughout Morning Edition, All Things Considered and NPR.org, the election's team has a busy couple of weeks in store.
And the current inclement weather in Florida means our staff is stocking up on emergency provisions- rubber boots, flashlights, socks, water, protein bars, hand sanitizer, bandages, etc. But we were curious about what else the team had prepared for our convention coverage so we took a peek inside the suitcase of Assistant Producer on the NPR Elections Team, Arnie Seipel. Here's what we found:
Molly Hart works at NPR in Washington, D.C.
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