Lauren Rabaino » politics http://laurenmichell.com An associate producer at The Seattle Times. Blogs here about journalism, design, life. Blogs at 10,000 Words about the intersection of news and technology. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:19:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tracking history through CNN alerts http://laurenmichell.com/2009/01/tracking-history-through-cnn-alerts/ http://laurenmichell.com/2009/01/tracking-history-through-cnn-alerts/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:12:02 +0000 Lauren Rabaino http://rabaino.com/lauren/blog/?p=657 Continue reading →]]> In my history classes growing up, teachers framed newspaper clips and hung them from the walls to document historic elections. I always knew I’d experience at least one truly historic election in my lifetime, and as a child, I always pictured myself framing the newspaper remnants beneath shiny glass on the wall.

Well, that election is here, and instead, all I have to show for it is a huge series of CNN alerts I’ve saved over the months: 

  

I’ve lived through one of the most revolutionary elections in history, marked by the use of technology and resulting in the first black president of the United States. But 50 years from now, will I have anything physical to show for it? Only memories.

]]> http://laurenmichell.com/2009/01/tracking-history-through-cnn-alerts/feed/ 1 Mustang Daily multimedia coverage of the election http://laurenmichell.com/2008/11/mustang-daily-multimedia-coverage-of-the-election/ http://laurenmichell.com/2008/11/mustang-daily-multimedia-coverage-of-the-election/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:08:43 +0000 Lauren Rabaino http://rabaino.com/lauren/blog/?p=400 Continue reading →]]>

We dedicated out front page to the election all day, with continuous updates as it all progressed.

An overview:

We also had a live chat using CoverItLive.com which we kept open all night for students to talk about results as they came in. It was far more popular than I imagined it would be.

What I would change for next time:

  • More video: both a live stream and edited
  • More live updates as stats come in, using Twitter
  • Live blogging

If I had a team of Webbies it would have been so much cooler. When you’re a one (wo)man band, it gets tough. I also had three other classes on election day, not to mention my second job as a graphic designer. There are some days I wish being online editor was my only responsibility. I didn’t leave the newsroom until 3 a.m..

But enough moping. I’m proud of the Daily’s coverage. I’m shocked that reporters were actually willing to do so much multimedia.

Why it worked

  • Planning things ahead
  • Sending reporters out in teams to do both reporting and multimedia editing
  • Having as much stuff pre-made as possible

I’m glad to have been part of such a historical election. I’ll remember it for the rest of my life.

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http://election.twitter.com/

Web 2.0 is truly amazing…

More on this later…

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