- Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
- Title:
- Tom Baxter, 28 January 2011.
- Creator:
- Baxter, Tom
Short, Bob, 1932 - Contributor to Resource:
- Short, Bob, 1932-
- Date of Original:
- 2011-01-28
- Subject:
- Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program
Atlanta journal-constitution
Journalists--Georgia--Interviews
Press and politics--Georgia
Press and politics--United States
Political campaigns--Georgia
Political corruption--United States
Lotteries--Georgia
Journalists
Lotteries
Political campaigns
Political corruption
Politics and government
Press and politics
Georgia--Politics and government
Alabama--Politics and government
Alabama
Georgia
United States - People:
- Gingrich, Newt
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018
Kavich, Bill.
Shipp, Bill
Millner, Guy
Murphy, Thomas Bailey, 1924-2007
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Daykin, Milo
Baxter, Tom
Atwater, Lee
Barbour, Haley, 1947-
Ford, Harold, 1945- - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Finding aid available in repository.
Tom Baxter discusses growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, and attending Washington University in St. Louis before settling in Atlanta to work with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He recalls working with Milo Daykin, Bill Kavich, and Bill Shipp. Baxter recalls his experience with the 1988 Super Tuesday primary coverage and his job as the chief political correspondent for the AJC outside of Georgia. He discusses his friendship with Haley Barbour and Lee Atwater. He reflects on his work covering major elections in the South for about three decades. Baxter comments on his perceptions of Tom Murphy and Newt Gingrich. Baxter reflects on his experience with obtaining sources and engaging in political journalism. He compares Georgia politics with Alabama politics and mentions George Wallace and Albert Brewer. Baxter comments on the present state of political journalism including the influence of spin doctors, Facebook, and social networking. He discusses whether the media is doing a good job at reacting to political corruption and explains the lack of coverage in local legislation. Baxter recalls Newt Gingrich's actions during President Clinton's impeachment trial and discusses the responsibility of journalists to differentiate between politicians' public and private lives. Baxter discusses his professional interactions with Harold Ford, Jr., and Zell Miller. He comments on Miller's 1990 political campaign and also discusses Guy Millner, the Georgia Lottery, and the HOPE scholarship. Baxter comments on Georgia's fiscal situation in 2011, taxes, and the budget. Baxter comments on party politics in Georgia and the results of the 2010 elections.
Interviewed by Bob Short.
Tom Baxter is editor of the Southern Political Report and senior vice president of InsiderAdvantage, its parent company. For more than 40 years, Baxter worked for newspapers in Montgomery, Ala., Columbia, Md., Charleston, S.C., and Atlanta, Ga. At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he was a reporter, editor of the Sunday Perspective section, national editor, and chief political correspondent. He has written about politics in the South since 1987, joining InsiderAdvantage in 2007 to edit a website and newsletter devoted to that subject. He has witnessed many of the groundbreaking political developments of the past four decades in the South, and covered every presidential election since 1988, as well as the first integrated election in South Africa in 1994. In recent years, like many journalists, he has sharpened his online expertise, and was the 2008 election night consultant for the joint coverage produced by Current TV, Digg and Twitter. He has appeared on CNN, Fox and other channels, and was political consultant for CBS-Atlanta during the 2010 elections. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL220ROGP-127/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 127, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (95 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection
http://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/RBRL220ROGP.xml - Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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