http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/virginia_tries_youtube_legislature Comments for "Virginia tries YouTube legislature" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/virginia_tries_youtube_legislature <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>What would a YouTube legislature look like?</p><p>Virginia is about to find out. Using a $2,500 grant from the Sunlight Foundation, the nonprofit <a href="http://www.richmondsunlight.com/">Richmond Sunlight</a> Web site will purchase the closed-circuit video of an entire legislative session.</p><p>The video will then be converted to QuickTime, posted on the online video-sharing site <a href="http://youtube.com/results?search_query=barack+obama&amp;search_type=&amp;search=Search">YouTube</a> on a daily basis and integrated into the nonprofit&#39;s Web site. </p><p>Once on YouTube, the videos will be available for embedding on any blog or Web site anywhere with minimal effort—opening the doors to the legislature <a href="/under_the_dome/a_youtube_for_state_government">24/7</a> from now until forever.</p><p>In recent weeks, both Republican gubernatorial candidate <a href="/profiles/bill_graham">Bill Graham</a> and the state <a href="http://www.naacpncnetwork.org/Publicity/">NAACP</a> have called for <a href="/under_the_dome/naacp_calls_for_legislative_cameras">legislative Webcams</a>. </p><p>The Virginia experiment shows that&#39;s a less expensive proposition than you might think.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/virginia_tries_youtube_legislature#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/virginia_tries_youtube_legislature#comment Bill Graham NAACP online sunshine QuickTime Richmond Sunlight Sunlight Foundation Under the Dome Virginia webcams YouTube Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:10:34 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 5001 at http://projects.newsobserver.com