GENERAL EDUCATION

On interviewing elected state officials with Benjamin Gamson

October 26, 2023

In this episode of “General Education,” the Daily Trojan’s flagship news podcast, host Jonathan Park dives deep with assistant news editor Benjamin Gamson on what it was like interviewing the two elected state officials representing the districts containing USC: California State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas and Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer. Gamson reveals the process behind setting up and approaching the interview, and why USC students should care about the resulting conversation.

This episode was hosted by Jonathan Park. Written by Benjamin Gamson, Macarthy Mahoney, Julianne Cox, Quinten Seghers and Mallory Moon. Edited by Jonathan Park. Produced by Jonathan Park, Benjamin Papp and Thomas Johnson. Based on the article by Benjamin Gamson. General Education is one of four shows on the Daily Trojan podcast network.
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