What
I love about the job is that you never know who you’re
going to meet and it’s amazing what you find out about
people. 
Nathan
Hamilton |
Vox
Pop translates as Vox Populi or Voice of the People and basically
it means instead of interviewing one person with a series of different
questions – you stop lots of people in the street and ask them
the same question.
BBC
GMR’s Gaytalk Reporter Nathan Hamilton regularly vox pops gay
people on Canal Street to get a cross section of opinions on a particular
issue for the Thursday night 8.30pm show.
Strangely,
it’s a job that programme volunteer Nathan loves, perhaps because
vivacious Nathan relishes the chance to be nosy and it’s an
excuse to have a chat.
"I
had great fun canvassing views on Michael Portillo’s announcement
that there may one day be a gay Prime Minister which people were
keen to share their views on. It’s more difficult to get people
to talk about personal stuff like relationships and it’s also
a tricky job when it’s dark, chucking it down or even snowing
because people just won’t stop to pass the time of day.
"What
I love about the job is that you never know who you’re going
to meet and it’s amazing what you find out about people. It’s
a great way of finding stories for the programme too."
In
the 3 year’s Nathan’s been doing vox pops he’s also
been offered free cups of chocolate, jelly babies, Easter eggs,
and he’s even been asked out.. Not such a bad gig after all
then!
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What
do you want to do now?
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Nathan
Hamilton
- Letting the people talk
