NewTeeVee profiles James Kotechki:
While Jon Stewart does it nightly with razor wit and Steven Colbert does it with truthiness, James Kotecki does political media revue with pencil puppets and a webcam. The Economist cites Kotecki, who posts as “EmergencyCheese” on YouTube, as “probably the world’s foremost expert on YouTube videos posted by presidential candidates.”
Mr. Kotecki, a 2007 Georgetown University graduate and former Congressional page, started posting at the start of this year. “The first few videos were just me parroting what the mainstream media was saying and it was pretty terrible in content, delivery, everything,” Kotecki admitted in a phone interview. “Then I realized that some of the candidates had their own [YouTube] channels and I saw a wide disparity in the content. I didn’t see anyone talking about this, so I thought I’d post a video response.”
Artfully positioning himself as a political media analyst, Kotecki, an international politics major, offers advice to candidates attempting to navigate the politically uncharted viral video waters. Commenting on everything from camera angels and backdrop decisions to conversational cadence and discussion point poignancy, Kotecki mixes Stephanopoulos topicality with Ze Frank delivery.
Read more here. And here are some of his videos (see here and here):
