Process
Selection
Kim and Sean surfaced in the online recruitment process for Strange Bedfellows in 2012.
Eitan Hersh is the co-author of a recent study on Mixed Partisan Households.
Participants
- Eitan Hersh
- Kimberly Neff
- Sean Sexton
Filming
TIME Magazine hired a freelance director/videographer who spent a weekend with Kim and Sean. TIME also filmed the interview with Hersh.
Purpose
To anchor the discussion of polarization and partisanship in the experience of ordinary citizens.
Financing
TIME paid for the production, and hired Cynthia Farrar as the producer.
Editorial Control
Purple States brought the idea to TIME’s director of enterprise video. Cynthia Farrar and Justine Simons jointly designed and produced the segment and exercised full editorial oversight.
Credits
- Produced by Cynthia Farrar
- Filmed by Colin Archdeacon
- Edited by Spencer Bakalar
TIME features
A House Divided?
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