Election night coverage
February 5th, 2008 by BryanThis is Super Tuesday, when the candidates in a crucial presidential election will get to rack up delegates in 22 states. Obviously, the mainstream media and the blogosphere are out in force tonight. Curious to see what college media outlets have planned? Me too. I sent a request out to the CMA listserv for info on anyone who’s doing something “extra” tonight with their coverage. I’ll update this post as I get responses.
The first one came from Mark Witherspoon at the Iowa State Daily. The Daily is covering Super Tuesday with “with blog-like updates, localized video and stories, a huge graphic being updated hourly on all 24 states and wire copy.” Check out the coverage here.
Update 1: Eric Jacobs of the Daily Pennsylvanian writes: “We have some student reporters, photographers and videographers in different states which are holding elections today, on two other college campuses, seeing how this election is playing on those campuses. For the first time ever, we have live blogging taking over the main page of our web site.” Check it out here.
Update 2: I’ve been watching a little bit of the washingtonpost/newsweek.com video coverage, and it leaves a lot to be desired as compared with the live coverage from CNN or MSNBC. Earlier in the evening, it appeared the switching wasn’t up to speed. One reporter was talking while they were showing the image of the other side of the conversation. It’s a good idea, but needs some polish.
Update 3: Rachele Kanigel points out the SFSU Xpress coverage, which featured “regular updates on the election, a slide show of Election Day images, and some stories on the election.”
