Great Interactive Storytelling
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| There's no better way to learn than by examining great work. Here's some of the best ever done. Send in your nominations and add your comments to listed entries. |
Democrat & Chronicle's RocDocs
RocDocs is a fantastic section on DemocratandChronicle.com where users can go to search records ranging from how qualified teachers are in their district to how much they're paying police officers for overtime. The newspaper is also inviting users to help be watchdogs.
Nov 26, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says
Update: After reports Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, says he expects to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, a top Dow Jones executive told Editor and Publisher the comments were premature.
Continue reading "Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says" ...
Nov 14, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Columbus Dispatch: 'The ABCs of Betrayal'
Comments: The Columbus Dispatch kicked off a four-day investigative series Oct. 14, 2007 on Ohio’s flawed system of disciplining and tracking teachers, coaches, aides, counselors and administrators. In “The ABCs of Betrayal,” the newspaper also made available on its Web site a searchable database of Ohio educators disciplined since 2000. The newspaper’s 10-month investigation found that a state and local discipline system allows educators in the classroom despite misconduct that includes theft, assault and abuse of children. Teachers' rights are often put first, districts don't always communicate with the state, and the Department of Education shields records of wrongdoing. Since 2000, Ohio disciplined 1,722 educators, with two-thirds of those sent back to their classrooms or allowed to take teaching jobs. Theft was the most common reason for discipline with 405 cases, followed by assault or disorderly conduct with 341 cases, sexual misconduct with 292, and drugs and alcohol with 179.
Oct 22, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Australian vote-a-matic
David Higgins, editor of Australia's NEWS.com.au, writes in to say that they have just launched a Vote-a-matic feature at http://www.news.com.au/youdecide2007, in preparation for an Australian federal election, which will be held before the end of the year.
He writes:
Our NEWS.com.au Flash "Vote-a-matic" asks voters axiomatic questions designed to identify voting intentions while eliminating party politics.We were able to get all major party leaders in Australia (including the prime minister John Howard) to record personalised video messages for our "how to vote" interactive... Depending on your answers, you end up with one of two videos for each leader... either thanking you for your vote or asking you to reconsider.
And to make it a bit more colourful we added in a comedian as the "host".
Oct 9, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Animated Wal-Mart growth map
This very cool short video illustrates the spread of Wal-Mart across America -- it's an animated map showing how Wal-Mart's store numbers have grown over the years. It ran with an A1 Wall Street Journal piece but was created by Thomas J. Homes, an economics professor.
Oct 3, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
USA Today's candidate match game
USA TODAY researched candidate positions on top issues and created 11 multiple-choice questions to help differentiate the candidates and their stances.
As you answer the questions, you can roll over each color bar below the candidates' heads to find background on their positions. Your answers are matched with the positions of the presidential hopefuls to reveal the candidate (or candidates) closest to your views. The sliders on the right allow you to assign relative weights to match the importance that you place on each issue.
Sep 27, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
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