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Voting Information Project
"How do I find out if I'm registered to vote? Where do I vote? What's on the ballot?"
usa2008  politics  onlinejournalism  science  data 
october 2008 by fabianmohr
Voting Machines in the USA // DVICE
"The voting machine you'll encounter on Nov. 4 takes the most important right in a democracy — your right to vote — and makes it real. And just like the people who make and use them, machines aren't perfect. DVICE has researched all of the nation's voting machines to tell you what technology you'll be using on Election Day and what potential problems and vulnerabilities it might have."
usa2008  politics  infographics  onlinejournalism 
october 2008 by fabianmohr
The American People
"The American People. You hear an awful lot about them. Politicans, especially, are experts: they know what we want, need, feel, think, deserve, demand. So we thought we’d start keeping track of who’s claiming to speak for us, the American People. Who speaks for you? Quotes are automatically selected from all election-related wire service stories available through Yahoo."
politics  usa2008  data  yahoo  mashup 
september 2008 by fabianmohr
govtweets
"govtweets is an easy of tracking live conversations that occur via twitter on the topic of the Democratic and Republican Presidential tickets for 2008. Instead of tracking conversation generators, govtweets tracks specific content that is being discussed by anyone on twitter."
twitter  politics  usa2008  aggregation 
august 2008 by fabianmohr
Why a journalism class leans toward Obama // Lost Remote
"The Obama campaign treated us like pros - they called us back within minutes, set up interviews, got us press passes, went out of their way to make the campaign accessible (...) The Clinton campaign, in contrast, didn’t return a single phone call..."
citizenjournalism  blogs  politics  usa2008 
february 2008 by fabianmohr
Putting Candidates Under the Videoscope // New York Times
"Embeds have produced a staggering amount of content, especially video. And in this election cycle, for the first time, they are able to edit and transmit video on the fly."
video  reportage  doku  usa2008  politics  onlinejournalism 
february 2008 by fabianmohr
Hubdub
"After signing up, you'll receive "Hubdub dollars," play money that works only on the site. You can look at stories about, say, who will win the Florida primary. Guess right, and you'll win more Hubdub dollars. Lose, and your account will draw down."
wetten  news  social  aggregation  spielen  politics  usa2008 
january 2008 by fabianmohr
New York Times to Run Amateur News Videos - ReadWriteWeb
"The videos will feature non-professional journalists and will run on the Op-Ed section of the site until February 5, so-called "Super Tuesday" when a large number of US states hold primary elections."
video  usa2008  politics  newyorktimes  citizenjournalism  onlinejournalism 
december 2007 by fabianmohr
Blogs im US-Wahlkampf: Die mächtigen Nachbarn aus dem Internet // sueddeutsche.de
"Politblogger sind im Hauptfeld der amerikanischen Medien angekommen. Die Präsidentschaftskandidaten umwerben sie wegen ihres Einflusses - und fürchten sie wegen ihrer Enthüllungen und Gerüchte."
usa2008  politics  blogs  citizenjournalism  onlinejournalism 
december 2007 by fabianmohr
The American Idea // The Atlantic Monthly
"Scholars, novelists, politicians, artists, and others look ahead to the future of the American idea."
america  usa2008  thinking  politics  history 
november 2007 by fabianmohr
Add Google News to Your Site // Google News Blog
"With just a few clicks, anyone can configure and add a sleek looking Google NewsBar to their site. (...) The NewsBar is perfect for your topical sites or blogs."
googlenews  aggregation  blogs  usability  distribution  news  usa2008 
november 2007 by fabianmohr
Burning Man 2008 Art Theme: American Dream
"Put blame aside, in this election year, and dare to ask an even greater question: What can postmodern America, this stumbling, roused, half-conscious giant, yet give to the world?"
burningman  usa2008  thinking  art  america 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
Katja Gloger: Washington Memo // stern.de
"Die stern-Korrespondentin beobachtet in ihrer Kolumne "Washington Memo" den Präsidenten und beschreibt die, die es werden wollen. Dazu der neueste Klatsch aus dem Weißen Haus und von den Fluren des Kongresses."
usa2008  politics  onlinejournalism  stern.de 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
The Stumping Grounds
"Designed to reveal the workings of the 2008 presidential election through the pictures of six unbiased freelance photographers based in Des Moines, IA."
usa2008  politics  photo  doku  reportage  history 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
10 Questions
"Unlike television debates, the 10Questions Presidential Forum makes full use of the web's potential to expand participation in politics. Everyone has an opportunity to ask a question, and to rally support for their question being in the top ten."
usa2008  politics  debate  citizenjournalism  onlinejournalism  interactive/multimedia  video 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
Why Tuesday? Fixing our voting system, one question at a time
"Our goal is to grow a nationwide community around the issue of election reform. We want to make election reform a subject that our elected officials cannot afford to avoid..."
usa2008  politics  blogs  video  citizenjournalism  debate  thinking  kontrolle 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
CNET Founder Shelby Bonnie Unveils His New Startup: PoliticalBase // TechCrunch
"PoliticalBase is a structured Wiki that encourages research and debate. Users can edit most of the text but can’t change the underlying database structure. That allows the site to slice and dice data for comparison purposes...."
usa2008  politics  infographics  interactive/multimedia  onlinejournalism  citizenjournalism  social 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
Fact Checker // Washington Post
"Our goal is to shed as much light as possible on controversial claims and counter-claims involving important national issues and the records of the various presidential candidates."
blogs  washingtonpost  politics  usa2008  onlinejournalism  kontrolle 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
Through a Lens, Darkly // vanityfair.com
"During the historic 1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, 26-year-old journalist Will Counts took a photograph that gave an iconic face to the passions at the center of the civil-rights movement."
photo  doku  history  usa2008  america 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
World Freedom Atlas
"..a geovisualization tool for world statistics. it was designed for social scientists, journalists, NGO/IGO workers & others who wish to have a better understanding of issues of freedom, democracy, human rights & good governance between 1990 & 2006."
infographics  maps  onlinejournalism  interactive/multimedia  science  politics  usa2008 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Burning Man Experience Feature // Las Vegas Sun
Diverse Punkte, die ganz gut gelöst sind: Texteinblendungen, Maps, Zeitraffer, verschiedene Sprecher, längere Atmo-Sequenzen
video  burningman  science  tutorial  usa2008 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Prelinger Archives // Internet Archive
"....collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance (...) . Included are films produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations (...) and educational institutions.
tv  video  history  doku  creativecommons  usa2008 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Census Google Maps Mashup // Webfoot
"...maps that combine U.S. Census Bureau information (Race, Age, Housing,Population etc.) with Google Maps"
infographics  googlemaps  maps  interactive/multimedia  onlinejournalism  america  usa2008 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Die USA 2006, jetzt mit noch mehr Spanisch // USA Erklärt
"...die demokratischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten haben sich zu einer Debatte auf Spanisch bei dem Sender Univision eingefunden (...) Die Zuschauerzahl betrug 4,6 Millionen, mehr als bei den englischsprachigen Debatten bei ABC, CNN, Fox News oder MSNBC."
usa2008  america  science  politics 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Issue Coverage Tracker | Campaign 2008 // washingtonpost.com
"Review press coverage and opinion writing on the presidential candidates and the major issues of the 2008 campaign."
usa2008  politics  interactive/multimedia  onlinejournalism  washingtonpost 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Girl Power - Whateverlife.com - Ashley Qualls // Fastcompany.com
"No rich relatives? No professional mentors? No problem. Ashley Qualls, 17, has built a million-dollar web site. She's LOL all the way to the bank. :)"
interactive/multimedia  digital  business  usa2008  america  myspace 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
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