election

More Than Half of Voters Used Internet for Election News

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:26:43 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Katharine Q. Seelye
Researchers have now confirmed what was evident to most political campaigns last year -- more than half of the voting-age public used the Internet last year to find out about, write about and comment on the presidential election.

The 'Online Campaign' -- Election 2.008 -- Rolls On

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:55:53 -0400

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Greg Mitchell
The 2008 presidential election campaign is the first strongly shaped — even, at times, dominated — by the new media, from viral videos and blog reports that "go mainstream" to profoundly successful online fundraising.

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.