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Don’t Fear Twitter

Using moment-by-moment observations, ‘Twitter entries build a community of readers who find their way to longer articles ….’

The “B” Word in Traditional News and on the Web

‘Entering “Hillary” and “bitch” we found more than 500 YouTube videos.’

YouTube: The Flattening of Politics

As online video reshapes political coverage, news organizations ignore it ‘at their own peril.’

Campaign 2008: It’s on YouTube

Since the last presidential election, the ‘bubble’ in which the press once operated ‘has become a fishbowl.’

For Campaign Coverage, Web Too Often an Afterthought

‘Big news projects on the campaign are still conceived in The Washington Post's newsroom as traditional newspaper stories.’

Election Coverage Becomes a Time for “Instant Innovation”

At the Knoxville News Sentinel, bloggers were invited to steer good political coverage to the eyes of the newspaper's online readers.

Documenting Lebanon After the 2006 War: ‘Deserted Riviera’

Filmmakers decide that, to illuminate the complexities and subtleties of Lebanon's politico-religious tapestry, they had to claim the audience's attention through engaging characters and fast-paced visual units.

Shifting Influence: From Institution to Individual

‘Inheriting the old order was not an option for my generation of journalists.‘

Young Reporters, New Tools, and Political Reporting

At MTV, the 51 members of Street Team ’08 are experimenting with format, content and distribution as they find stories to tell to a youthful audience.

Adding Radio and Video Web Casts to Political News in Print

‘… am I becoming the first correspondent in my paper’s history who has no time to think?’