 What I love about the job is that you never know who youÂ’re going to meet and itÂ’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! What do you want to do now? |
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Nathan Hamilton - Letting the people talk
