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Articles tagged Elections (25)

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 2, 2016

The Boston Globe built an election app with one small twist to keep you glued to your phone

“We had a lot of people who enjoyed staring at it.”

Madeline WelshJanuary 28, 2016

The Programming Corporation of America has a plan to keep those digital political ad dollars local

By creating locally focused series of short online videos and partnering with local outlets in early primary and caucus states, the company aims to capture some of the digital political ad dollars that could otherwise go elsewhere.

Justin EllisJuly 22, 2015

The new Knight News Challenge winners want to make voting easier and election data clearer

The Des Moines Register, the Associated Press, and WNYC are among organizations receiving a total of $3.2 million for projects designed to increase voter turnout and develop more tools to analyze campaign finance disclosures.

John WihbeyFebruary 27, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Why can Facebook posts be super-memorable, and did tweets direct bombs in Libya?

What does an ideal front page look like, can social media usage predict political involvement, and how is user-generated content coming into newsrooms: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Justin EllisOctober 10, 2012

Frontline invests in interactive video for The Choice 2012

The PBS documentary series is trying to orient itself for a future beyond TV that includes the web, tablets, and more.

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