Original Weblog Reporting: An Interview With Deb Werksman

NOTE: The Moderate Voice encourages blogs to do original reporting on their sites and take advantage of the new medium’s potential. One of the most consistent blogs offering fresh reporting is The Talking Dog, a progressive blog. TTD generally has done interviews pegged to the war on terror. But this time he offers a fascinating change of pace: an interview with Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks — and author of The George Bush Out Of Office Countdown Calender.

Here’s a tiny taste 4 U:

Deb Werksman is an editorial manager at independent publisher Sourcebooks, and is the author and compiler of the George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown Calendar (as recently featured on… the talking dog!) On December 18, 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing Ms. Werksman by e-mail exchange……

….The Talking Dog: I see from Sourcebooks’ web-site that the Out of Office Countdown calendar is your biggest seller right now. If you can tell me, how is it selling in red states vs. blue states? Is there any kind of bipartisan consensus on people counting down for the end of the Bush presidency that you have observed?

Deb Werksman: The very first place it started selling was in Washington DC! I don’t think I can give you a geographical breakdown, but I’ve done radio interviews all over the country and I think it’s selling across party lines. With Bush’s approval ratings at their lowest point ever, a lot of people are counting the days…

Read the interview in its entirey (this is a small excerpt).