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Cable, Quietly, Introduces an Anytime Elections Channel

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:31:20 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Stephanie Clifford
The cable industry, aiming to prevent Internet companies like Yahoo and YouTube from snatching away its ad revenue, has introduced an experimental political channel that gives advertisers a uniform way to buy time and measure the number of people watching.

Google to Help Bloggers Blanket Democratic, GOP Conventions

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:43:46 -0400

Full article: ars technica
Julian Sanchez
Google enters election season with plans for blogger complexes at the party conventions and a suite of online political tools.

Convention Coverage on a Budget

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:46:12 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
Michael Malone
Stations in Denver and Minneapolis are coming up with innovative ways to cover the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions on what are often limited budgets.

Flickring Here, Twittering There

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:42:14 -0400

Full article: The Economist
As the presidential campaign continues its shift into high gear, the battle to master new media becomes ever more intense.

Media Outlets Are Seeking a Campaign Bounce of Their Own

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:51:28 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter and Richard Pérez-Peña
This year’s presidential campaign has drawn more voter interest than any other race in generations. For mainstream news media, however, capitalizing on that interest has been hit or miss, though not for lack of trying. Many media companies are struggling to translate campaign coverage into repeat readers and viewers -- or revenue.

Citizen Journalists Make New Inroads into Political Reporting

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:51:25 -0400

Full article: Christian Science Monitor
Uri Friedman
Stuck with rising competition from Internet-mediated news, traditional media have been reaching out to Web-savvy citizen journalists to expand their online audiences. This year, major television networks have begun carving out reporting slots for nonprofessionals on the presidential election.

The Spokespundits

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:59:00 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Howard Kurtz
A growing band of operatives has made the magical transformation from press aide to pundit in the blink of a news cycle this election season, providing much of the patter for the 2008 race.

Is Media Playing Fair in Campaign Coverage?

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:42:35 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
David Bauder
Television news' royalty will fly in to meet Barack Obama during his overseas trip. The anchor blessing defines the trip as a major event and raises anew the issue of fairness in campaign coverage.

Running on Faith

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:55:47 -0400

Full article: Project for Excellence in Journalism
Mark Jurkowitz
A new study of press coverage of religion in the presidential campaign finds that when coverage of the "horse-race" aspects of the campaign is excluded, religion emerges as a relatively prominent topic. Overall, however, religion stories took a back seat to campaign tactics and political strategy.

Gaffes Drove the Campaign Narrative July 7 - 13, 2008

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:58:14 -0400

Full article: Project for Excellence in Journalism
Mark Jurkowitz
Two men who are non-candidates for president drove the media story lines in the campaign July 7 - 13, 2008.