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Hugh Howard “Houses of the Presidents: Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates”

March 20, 2013

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, with support from the National Archives and Records Administration and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, welcomed Hugh Howard to discuss his newest book, “Houses of the Presidents: Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates”.

Howard is a graduate of Tufts University and is a full time scholar and author of 12 books. He is founding editor of The “Eastfield Record” and has served as a writer and researcher for special broadcasts on the A&E Channel. “House of Presidents” weaves together architectural history, family stories, and Presidential lore to shed light on how our Presidents’ really lived and examine them in their homes and natural domestic circumstances to humanize them.

Scott Wilson “Chiseling Cracks in The White House”

February 13, 2013

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, the National Archives and Records Administration along with The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation hosted award winning journalist Scott Wilson. Wilson was the 2011 recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Award for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency. He currently serves as White House Correspondent for the Washington Post.

Scott Wilson discussed the ever changing world of White House reporting looking back to the Presidential Election of 2008. He argued that it was just as important for how Presidential Candidate Barack Obama ran his campaign, as it was on utilizing new forms of communicating with young voters. Wilson also noted that while the Obama White House is using “new media” such as targeted emails, Twitter conversations, a state of art interactive White House website, and “Google Hangouts”, Obama’s team has now created 2-5/day news cycles, far from one “that began with the morning paper and ended with the evening news”.