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Jennifer Jacobs

lines on the record: 57
first: 2016-01-28
most recent: 2016-01-28
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“How many people are in the gymnasium altogether? How many people are in my corner with my particular candidate? And then there's math involved. You have to figure out if every candidate has at least 15% support. So what's really unusual?”
2016-01-28 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Ep. 26 - Jennifer Jacobs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“The Democratic side is such a fascinating beast of a process. It really is. So you show up. And I think it's a little bit intimidating just to walk in the door and you realize this could be a four-hour long process. It's quite the commitment and it's not like having a day-long opportunity to go cast your ballot at a regular ballot booth. You have to be there at a certain time and then the doors are shut and locked behind you and you have to be in the room in order to count. And then it's all about standing up for your candidate in front of all your neighbors and it's all about peer pressure. So a lot of times these cauxes take place in a school gymnasium or cafeteria. And so there will be, you walk in and you're somewhat befuddled. You're not sure what's going on, especially if it's your first time caucusing and there's people and t-shirts and, you know, organizers kind of yelling rules and trying to direct traffic and then you go and stand in your particular corner with your candidate and then there's counting.”
2016-01-28 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Ep. 26 - Jennifer Jacobs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yes, I do. And it's an honor. It feels like it's a historic position, and I'm very cognizant of the people who have filled those shoes before me. And I try to live up to their standards and to be as good of a questioner and be, you know, as skeptical and as fair as those reporters were.”
2016-01-28 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Ep. 26 - Jennifer Jacobs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And they do come straight to the Des Moines Register. It's one of the first places they stop. It's not the only place they stop in Iowa. There are other places for sure, but they do tend to come to the Moines Register, start coming early, give us great access because they want that local news coverage to give them that early lift and to get that name ID out there. So we just have the best access to residential candidates.”
2016-01-28 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Ep. 26 - Jennifer Jacobs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Ah, let's see probably eight years covering just general assignment stories, you know, the latest tornado and flood and just disaster and crime and investigations and things like that. And then started working at the Iowa legislature covering politics dabbling. You know, one of our reporters left and they were strapped for someone and they said, oh, let's get Jennifer to go cover the legislature. I said, all right, a fine. Not particularly into politics, but I will. And then the same thing when the chief politics job opened up. Someone left and there was an opening, and they were desperate. And they said, Oh, let's drag Jennifer into this.”
2016-01-28 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Ep. 26 - Jennifer Jacobs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, oh, very much so. My parents recruited me. I had moved away with my family to upstate New York, to Syracuse, and my family started sending me copies of the Des Moines Register, and every day there would be some amazing front page story, and they just kept sending me copies of the paper and when I would come to visit them in Iowa, I just, I loved it. I loved the, you know, the fact that there's no traffic and it's so affordable. And just my family was there. And there's just so many desirable things about Des Moines. It's a very cool and friendly and accessible town. And I just couldn't resist. So I moved from New York and came back.”
2016-01-28 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Ep. 26 - Jennifer Jacobs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I know. It was just great. I followed my parents. They moved to Des Moines. But a friend of mine, when I was in school, invited me to come write a story for the newspaper. And then the very first time I saw my buy line on the front page of the Iowa State Daily, and they say that the ink gets in your blood and that is so true. It's just irresistible. Once I had that power, the power of the press, you know, it makes you feel like you're a super citizen and you can go investigate just about anything and ask any question you want and go behind scenes. It's a fascinating job.”
2016-01-28 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Ep. 26 - Jennifer Jacobs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source