Harris Will Appear in a Whirlwind of Interviews, Most of Them Friendly

Vice President Kamala Harris will engage in a media blitz this week, sitting for a series of mostly friendly interviews as her campaign shifts into exhorting her supporters to make sure they cast their votes.The increased exposure on television, radio and podcasts comes with less than one month until Election Day as voters in several battleground states receive their absentee ballots in the mail.Ms.Harris’s campaign announced on Sunday that she would appear on Tuesday on ABC’s “The View”; Howard Stern’s satellite radio program; and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”Ms.

Harris and her running mate, Gov.Tim Walz of Minnesota, had generally avoided news media interviews for weeks after she replaced President Biden as the Democratic nominee and added Mr.

Walz to the ticket.Last month, Ms.Harris’s top aides said she would soon embark on a robust media tour, though one unlikely to place her in front of many aggressive inquisitors.

Her campaign, like that of former President Donald J.Trump, believes that the traditional strategy of interviews with broadcast networks and national newspapers is outdated and not worth the accompanying risks, because swing voters tend to get their political news from less traditional sources.Indeed, Ms.

Harris’s first cable television sit-down was with Stephanie Ruhle of MSNBC, a friendly face who days earlier had expressed her preference for Ms.Harris over Mr.

Trump.Likewise, many of those interviewing Ms.Harris this week have openly backed either her or Mr.

Biden.Mr.Colbert hosted fund-raisers for Mr.

Biden in 2020 and again this year.Mr.

Stern endorsed Mr.Biden in 2020 and hosted him for a warm interview in April.Mr.

Walz will appear on Tuesday on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Mr.Kimmel last month endorsed Ms.

Harris for president.Ms.Harris’s campaign had already announced that she and Mr.

Walz would appear in an interview with the CBS News program “60 Minutes” that is set to air on Monday night.The...