My colleague Judith made a valiant effort getting our 12 days of Christmas for journalists to fall into rhythm – glad we didn’t attempt the below, created by writer Bill Dyszel (found at mediabistro.com):
Tags: Bill Dyszel, USATo complement its liveblogged coverage of election day, which is still going at time of writing, Guardian.co.uk has changed its homepage design to the below:
This is a template that could be used for other major news events. As BBC News online editor Steve Herrmann told Journalism.co.uk earlier this week the election has been a great opportunity for news sites to experiment with coverage and layout, developing features for future use.
Tags: Barack Obama, BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, guardian, Steve Herrmann, US elections, USAWhile reviewing the best online coverage of election day, CNN’s press office dropped us a line about the ‘magic board’ – a map of the states which will be used by presenter John King to show the results and forecasts as they come in.
For anyone who loves/loathes a good swing-o-meter, here’s Saturday Night Live’s take on it:
For those that have been under a rock/on Mars for the last year, the next President of the United States will be decided tonight, giving news organisations another opportunity to flaunt their interactive, live reporting and user-generated wares as the votes unfold.
We’ve already covered Sky News’ election coverage and BBC News’ live online plans, but here’s our round-up of some of the best projects out there – open up twenty browser tabs, sit back and enjoy:
That’s not enough, I hear you cry. You want more? Well, over at paidContent:UK, Robert Andrews has wrapped up the online coverage from the UK’s newspapers, while Online Journalism Blog chieftain Paul Bradshaw has an extensive list of online activities.
This is only the tip of the iceberg – any other great coverage, tools or websites that need a mention, let us know below.
Tags: BBC, online coverage, online plans, Paul Bradshaw, Politics, Robert Andrews, Sky News, United States, us election, USA, USA election, voting, YahooFollowing the release of its first campaign finance API earlier this month, the New York Times is handing over even more of its data to users with the launch of the Visualization Lab.
Using IBM’s ‘Many Eyes’ technology, the lab allows readers to experiment with different ways of visualising data sets from the Times, whether these are stats and figures included in articles or simply the words used in a speech reported in a news item.
Visualisation options, of which there are currently 17, range from graphs and maps, to word trees, for example:
According to an introductory post on the Time’s Open blog, the Visualization Lab is the first in a series of tools scheduled for release in the next few weeks both internally and for readers.
Tags: Data journalism, the New York Times, USA, Visualization Lab .NYTimes.com has developed a new video player to allow clips to be embedded in more sections of the site.
The player, which uses technology from Brightcove, will make video available on the homepage, individual article pages and on the site’s blogs, a release from the title said. The player also lets users send footage to social networks and bookmarking sites, including Digg, Facebook and LinkedIn.
As part of a video overhaul, the Times’ video library has been redesigned and a regularly updated list of ‘most viewed’ clips now features on the site.
“Demand for high-quality video is on the rise across the web from both our users and our advertisers,” said Nicholas Ascheim, vice president of product management for NYTimes.com, in the release.
“To meet this need, we have upgraded our technology, increased our production values and given video even more prominence across the site.”
According to the release, the Times produces 100 videos a month, while also featuring content from Reuters, CNBC, MSNBC and Bloggingheads.tv.
Student bloggers should take note of this one: College Scholarships.org are giving away a $10,000 scholarship prize to a student blogger.
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