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GE2025: Trailing candidates, squeezing into rallies - covering the campaign as young journalists — Follow our live coverage here. My guests today are two journalists and a video journalistat The Straits Times, who have been tracking the pre-election...

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My guests today are two journalists and a video journalistat The Straits Times, who have been tracking the pre-election buzz for weeks.

Beyond witnessing the election unfold up close through their work, Wong Yang and Christie Chiu,along with their video colleagueIsabelle Kumar, are also experiencing it from a personal angle – as first-time voters.

What have their own Gen Z friends been saying to them about similar experience, that helped to shape their approach to content ideas?

They tell me how they followed some candidates for an entire day, were recognisedand faced challenges while filming.

Highlights (click/tap above):6:16 Christie and Yang’s response to being labelled the ‘Gen Z version’ of TV presenters Glenda Chong and Steven Chia10:43 Did being reporters help them learn anything for themselves as young first-time voters?11:44 Their rally experiences

16:40 “They are also human” - Isabelle on her observations while filming candidates like PAP’s Foo Cexiang and WP’s Alexis Dang

22:04 “Be kind” to one another - the trio’s key personal takeaways from GE2025

Today’s shirt worn by Natasha was sponsored by Good Addition.

Host: Natasha Zachariah (natashaz@sph.com.sg)

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