The New York Times Web site has a tool which allows a user to look at the most recent data from 14 national polls -- including USAToday/Gallup and Pew -- and 10 state polls about the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The Times charts the data, showing how the polls have changed over time. Users can scroll their mouse over a point in the graph and more information: the date of the poll, the exact percentages and the margin of error appear.
This kind of chart couldn't be achieved in any other medium because it is completely interactive -- the user in in control of what he or she wants to look at and click on. It also centralizes the major presidential polls in one place, providing ease of use in addition to interactivity.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
An Old guard Breaks Spitzer's Bubble with New Methods
NYTimes.com, the New York Times' Web site, won the 2008 ONA award for large site breaking news for its coverage of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's resignation in March.
The Times deserves distinction because it did what most print newspapers are afraid to do: It broke the story on the Web, with full coverage, before anyone else. The Times used the Internet to its full advantage, breaking the story as soon as its cool and providing supplemental multimedia.
The story comes with an interactive sidebar, a timeline of Spitzer's rise and fall, which allows users to click on dates for photos and blurbs about events in his life. The Times also included video of Spitzer's public apology. In addition, the Times' Sewell Chan takes visitor's on a full back story of the Spitzer scandal with a 6-minute audio clip.
But still, the Times is most commended for not hesitating to break a major story -- with in-depth reporting and supplemental material -- on the Web, before its newspaper went to the presses.
The Times deserves distinction because it did what most print newspapers are afraid to do: It broke the story on the Web, with full coverage, before anyone else. The Times used the Internet to its full advantage, breaking the story as soon as its cool and providing supplemental multimedia.
The story comes with an interactive sidebar, a timeline of Spitzer's rise and fall, which allows users to click on dates for photos and blurbs about events in his life. The Times also included video of Spitzer's public apology. In addition, the Times' Sewell Chan takes visitor's on a full back story of the Spitzer scandal with a 6-minute audio clip.
But still, the Times is most commended for not hesitating to break a major story -- with in-depth reporting and supplemental material -- on the Web, before its newspaper went to the presses.
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