Nov. 6 will have it all: intense public interest, nerd-heaven analysis, high drama — and a fire hose full of data. Learn how to best synthesize, translate and present local, state and national results to tell the full story, all on the tightest of deadlines, and which tools can help you do it.
Resources
From the Q&A:
YouTube best practices:
Check out YouTube playbook for best practices to help your videos get discovered. youtube.com/yt/creators/pl… -@oliviama #OJR #ona12votes
— Brian Frank (@frankreporting) September 22, 2012
Most viewed @Storify:
.@burtherman: The most-viewed @storify ever is by a college senior. Thanks to @mashable, @huffingtonpost embedding it #ONA12 #ONA12votes
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) September 22, 2012
Free embeds:
#ONA12votes @jkeefe @newshour is making about 833+ maps available for free- embeddable in 3 clicks-
— hari sreenivasan (@hari) September 22, 2012
#ona12votes @jkeefe bit.ly/mapembed gives anyone those maps for free
— hari sreenivasan (@hari) September 22, 2012
Burt provides resources and links:
.@burtherman: How can you make the meme? Obama campaign used @storify api to create photo page: bit.ly/OZrcrU #ona12votes #OJR
— Brian Frank (@frankreporting) September 22, 2012
Storify’s got an election toolkit for journos via @burtherman #ona12 #ona12votes storify.com/elections
— David Harris (@davharris) September 22, 2012
Campaigns are using Storify for round-ups – Burt gives example of Obama campaign curating Instagram images using Storify and then displaying results in Storify Grid.
Burt Herman reminds the group that politics and candidates are in spaces other than Twitter – mentions Pinterest, Reddit, Facebook
Olivia Ma – YouTube News Manager – shares data and tools
Links and pic:
YouTube.com/trendsdashboard – tools for journalists – #ona12votes #ONA12 @oliviama twitter.com/kegill/status/…
— Kathy E Gill (@kegill) September 22, 2012
More resources from Olivia
.@oliviama: Can use Google Consumer Surveys on your site + link to premium content instead of paywall. #OJR #ona12votes
— Brian Frank (@frankreporting) September 22, 2012
.@oliviama: YouTube also publishes graphics on G+ and Twitter that you can use. i.e. search interest in Bill Clinton. #OJR #ona12votes
— Brian Frank (@frankreporting) September 22, 2012
There are 20 cumulative years of @youtube video watched on Romney and Obama official channels per @oliviama #ona12 #ONA12votes
— Eric Stromgren (@estromgren) September 22, 2012
Now @oliviama talks about a site we’re very familiar with: google.com/insights #ONA12 #ONA12votes
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) September 22, 2012
John’s talk is a geek-speak revue: JSON, Python, FTP, Google Fusion, Open Source …
Bad ass ideas for streaming election coverage. Tabletop.js looks useful for tracking over time & @themisoproject @jrue#ONA12 #ONA12votes
— John C. Osborn (@bayreporta) September 22, 2012
.@jkeefe: Another good tool for tying Google spreadsheets to web apps/charts is misoproject.com. #OJR #ona12votes
— Brian Frank (@frankreporting) September 22, 2012
.@jkeefe now talking about Google’s new, awesome Civic API developers.google.com/civic-informat… #ONA12votes #ONA12
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) September 22, 2012
.@jkeefe: If you can’t do AP, but you have reporters covering local elections, you can use Google Spreadsheets #OJR #ona12votes
— Brian Frank (@frankreporting) September 22, 2012
John shares tips on election night and using AP data:
https://twitter.com/ethanklapper/status/249640586125123585
https://twitter.com/frankreporting/status/249640652441255937
Presenters: @jkeef – @burtherman – @oliviama
This is not a comprehensive list of all tools available on election night – @jkeefe
Slide deck : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/466610/ONA12-ElectionPanel.pdf
Link to Olivia’s slide deck coming; Burt promises to provide his list of links, too!