Damon Weaver, a reporter from Florida, sat down with President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Room of the White House Thursday to interview him about education. Obama and his staff give interviews every day, but this one was special because the reporter, Weaver, is an 11-year-old who happened ...

by Mark Silva Damon Weaver, an 11-year-old sixth grader from rural Pahokee, Fla,, worked for some time at getting his "dream" interview with President Barack Obama. "As president, you get bullied a lot,'' Weaver told Obama. "How do you handle it?'' "When you're president, you're ...

Damon Weaver, an elementary school student, has been trying to get an interview with President Obama for almost a year . Thursday, the White House granted his long-standing request . They even allowed him to break the news that, after Congress's August recess (and just as school is ...

Child journalist Damon Weaver, who landed a coveted interview with President Obama, said Wednesday that CNN's Wolf Blitzer is his role model.

President Obama talked education with 11-year-old reported Damon Weaver, who's been trying to land an interview with Obama since the campaign. He got a sit-down with the president in the Diplomatic Room of the White House yesterday. As the nation is predominantly focused on health care, the ...

The Florida student reporter did have an assist from Dwayne Wade . (And if you haven't watched Weaver's other interviews -- I suggest Larry King and Oprah Winfrey -- do it now)

I have to say, as a publicity ploy, this worked out pretty well. President Obama sat down for an interview today with 11-year old Damon Weaver, a sixth grade student who has previously interviewed Joe Biden, Dwayne Wade and Oprah. Among the highlights: Q: "Do you have the power to make school ...

Damon Weaver, an 11-year old journalist from Florida followed his dream to get an interview with Pres Obama at the White House yesterday.

This kid is great. You may remember the week before the election he brought the pain to Joe Biden.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP-695ATg-c&w=260] Sixth-grader Damon Weaver interviews Obama, asks him about education, nutrition and whether he can dunk a basketball. Watch it above. Weaver has spent months lobbying for the opportunity.

Consider the brief journalistic career of Damon Weaver, a fifth-grader at Florida's Kathryn E. Cunningham Canal Point Elementary. Since joining his school's television station (KEC TV), he has covered the presidential election of '08 (eventually landing an interview with Joe Biden ), attended ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP-695ATg-c&w=260] Sixth-grader Damon Weaver interviews Obama, asks POTUS to be his "homeboy."

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP-695ATg-c&w=260] Sixth-grader Damon Weaver interviews Obama, asks him about education, nutrition and whether he can dunk a basketball. Watch it above. Weaver has spent months lobbying for the opportunity.