Highlighting some of the many projects that came up covering Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Innovation in Inauguration Coverage

I really liked how media outlets are taking notice of social media, and beginning to harness its power. CNN, NPR, the New York Times and others took Twitter, Facebook and Flickr posts and made them part of the storytelling strategy. Perhaps the old (in web terms) “user-generated content” concept is finally getting more ingrained into important coverage online?

Published: January 20, 2009

Publication: PBS MediaShift, a blog that tracks how new media — from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism — are changing society and culture.

Skills: Writing

Medium: Text