Elections bring out the best in online journalism. News organisations have plenty of time to plan, there’s a global audience up for grabs, and the material lends itself to interactive treatment (voter opinions; candidates’ stances on various issues; statistics and databases; constant updates; personalisation). Not only that, but the electorate is using the internet for election news more than any
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Allison White has written this wonderful roundup of last week’s news for the OJB. But now she’s got a job. Persuade her to do this again in the comments… Google -Announced no desire to create content and will respect copyright. It added face-blur technology to its Street View mapping serivce to protect privacy. Also speculation from Groves Media on whether
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MSNBC has a nice ‘Rate the Candidates’ feature on the Democratic candidate debate which shows how the candidates rated before and after the debate. Users can click on any candidate to see a key video passage, and there are links to their pages.
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