Sunday, March 4, 2012

LOCAL ANGLE ON NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.(Opinion)

With the Democratic and Republican national conventions this week and next, political coverage takes a turn for the bigger.

Meaning more of it. Lots more of it.

This traditionally has been the opening of the campaign season -- which may seem odd, given that these presidential campaigns have been going on for at least 18 months. But both political figures and journalists have long considered the Labor Day holiday as when the public starts paying attention to the general election.

Today we'll take a look ahead at the Times Union's plans for covering the conventions.

The descriptions of the convention coverage come from state editor Casey …

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