10,000 Words: VIDEO: Time-lapse of The New York Times’ election coverage
Sunday, 9 November 2008, 20:58
Video that shows how the front page of NYTimes.com changed throughout election day.
Boston.com: The Big Picture: The next President of the United States
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 22:19
The Boston Globe's brilliant photography blog collects the best pictures from the election.
Election maps
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 22:12
Some election maps that are far more interesting than the typical red-state, blue-state stuff.
CBC: CNN’s holograms not really holograms
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 21:50
"They were quite sophisticated, no doubt," said Hans Jürgen Kreuzer, a professor of theoretical physics at Dalhousie University and an expert on holography who watched the 3-D interviews. "But I immediately said to my wife that I don't think it has anything to do with holograms."
Beet.TV: Obama Victory Creates Historic Global Demand for Web Content
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 18:09
"On Election Day, CNN.com attracted more than 27 million unique visitors – the highest in the site’s history. Further, CNN.com Live – the Internet’s only live, multi-stream video news service – broke all previous records serving an impressive 4.9 million live streams, nearly tripling its previous traffic record. "
TVNewser: BBC is no CNN. “At Some Point It’s Almost Parody”
Sunday, 2 November 2008, 13:50
"I don't think the BBC will ever be, or aspire to be, the bells-and-whistles network," says CBS exile Rome Hartman, executive producer of "BBC World News America. … Fundamentally, we're about great stories. Graphics help, and they're cool. I have a lot of admiration for David Borhman and what he's doing at CNN. But at a certain point, it's almost parody."
FT.com: Why journalism wins my vote
Sunday, 12 October 2008, 09:02
FT editor Lionel Barber on the state of newspapers in the US: "[I]t seems undeniable that 2008 – and the coverage of the presidential election – will be seen as a tipping point in American journalism. The imperial status of the mainstream media – the television networks, big metropolitan dailies and lofty commentators – has been shaken. The lay-offs of hundreds of US newspaper journalists are a symptom of a wider malaise. We are witnessing a shift in the balance of power towards new media, with wholesale repercussions for the practice of journalism."
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 15:29
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"[Obama] said the Federal Communications Commission needs to take merger reviews more seriously; asserted that FCC chairman Kevin Martin, like his predecessor, has tried to “dismantle” rules that protect the public…"
Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 10:58
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"The Wall was invented by Jeff Han, 32, a computer scientist who for several years tinkered with the idea of creating a touch-sensitive display monitor. Han … left [NYU] last year to start New York-based Perceptive Pixel, which markets the device."
Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 09:48
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How journalists are using Twitter to report on the US presidential campaign.
Monday, 14 January 2008, 16:32
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"The most recent–and seemingly unlikely–election coverage team is CBS News and Digg, … Under the partnership, political stories from Digg will appear in a box on the politics section of CBSNews.com."
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 19:59
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Martin Kettle: "The message from New Hampshire is that too much modern journalism relies on recycled assumptions and prejudices"
Saturday, 5 January 2008, 11:23
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A nice graphic explaining how Iowa’s caucus system works…
Saturday, 5 January 2008, 10:45
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Mark Schraver looks at dumpster diving by police, opposition researchers, recruiters — and journalists.
