Todd Beeton

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Some homework for you

The difference between a good article and a great article is illustration. But this will probably take you some time. Can you look into getting the following:

1. A photo of Gillibrand with her parents from, say, a graduation? Or sometime when she was a young adult? That would go in the Early years and education section.
2. Can you see if the Senator will allow you to release the copyright on this photo of her and her family on Halloween? All you'd have to do is change the license on the photo on Flickr to either CC-BY-SA or CC-BY. I can do the rest from there. I can't see there being a privacy concern since it's already on both the campaign website and the Flickr account.
3. Some meaningful photo of the Senator while she was in the House, preferably taking part in something meaningful to her legacy as a Congresswoman?
4. A few other photos of the Senator meeting with important/influential people or speaking at important events, etc. A video couldn't hurt either. I inserted a link to a video of an interview with Andrea Mitchell re DADT, since I figure it's appropriate. But even a video of her speaking on the floor of the House on some issue important to her would work as well.

For items 3 and 4, you'll have to upload the files yourself over at Wikimedia Commons. However, you'll have to go through the verification process (to prove you have the right to release the copyright on the files). Follow the steps listed here. When sending that email, send it from your work address (@kirstengillibrand.com), otherwise your credibility will probably be in question. Feel free to ask any questions. upstateNYer 05:51, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, a photo with Chuck Schumer would be good too, to emphasize their relationship. There's gotta be one out there taken by a federal employee so we don't have to worry about copyright. upstateNYer 13:27, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

That YouTube vide you sent me (re DREAM and DADT) has been uploaded and included in the article. upstateNYer 14:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)