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Aug 7, 2008 6:48 pm US/Central
9-Year-Old Gets Chance To Interview Obama
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Eleanor got to ask the Senator two questions: the first one on the environment, the second question was about race.
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Wednesday night, Barack Obama was grilled by local reporters after he appeared at a Minneapolis fundraiser. One of the reporters questioning Obama was 9-year-old Eleanor Korum of Hudson, Wis.
Eleanor entered a
Time Magazine for Kids contest. Her essay made it into the local paper and out of 500 entries she made it into the top 20 to become one of the magazines young reporters.
Eleanor got to ask the Senator two questions: the first one on the environment, the second question was about race.
Eleanor asked Obama, "Do people treat you differently because of the color of your skin?"
Obama, replied, "I think that we have a history in this country where people have been treated differently because of the color of their skin or their religion ... sometimes in the past, women weren't treated the same as men but we've made a lot of progress. We still have a little more progress that we have to make."
Eleanor said she was nervous.
"It was really exciting because I have never seen a real Senator like this -- only like on TV and stuff," she said.
She said she had no advance invite to the Obama news conference, she just showed up and took advice from another reporter.
"He said just keep on walking until someone tells you can't go any farther," she said.
On Thursday, Eleanor was back at work shooting a video outside of the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the site of the Republican National Convention.
Eleanor's Mom, Suzy Korum, said the whole family is incredibly proud of her.
"It's been a fair amount of work on her part," said Suzy Korum.
Eleanor should find out in a few weeks if she gets the job at
Time Magazine for Kids.
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