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    If you aren’t following The 12 yet, you should! Some great posts starting to pop into my dashboard from our group Tumblr: college journalists curating the 2012 election from 12 swing states. Today, case in point:  • Andrew Krietz in Michigan tumbling Mitt Romney’s campaign trail reaction to Marco Rubio veepstakes back-and-forth• Ryan Thompson (above) in Florida on the latest boost to Rep. Connie Mack’s campaign• Justin Lagore with a great photo roundup of Romney’s weekend swing through Ohio• Samra Khawaja tracking the latest political ads in Virginia  You can learn more about The 12 contributors here, and follow The 12 on Tumblr here. And big shout out to WaPo politics social media editor Natalie Jennings for doing a fantastic job leading this project!

    If you aren’t following The 12 yet, you should! Some great posts starting to pop into my dashboard from our group Tumblr: college journalists curating the 2012 election from 12 swing states. Today, case in point: 

    • Andrew Krietz in Michigan tumbling Mitt Romney’s campaign trail reaction to Marco Rubio veepstakes back-and-forth
    • Ryan Thompson (above) in Florida on the latest boost to Rep. Connie Mack’s campaign
    • Justin Lagore with a great photo roundup of Romney’s weekend swing through Ohio
    • Samra Khawaja tracking the latest political ads in Virginia 

    You can learn more about The 12 contributors here, and follow The 12 on Tumblr here. And big shout out to WaPo politics social media editor Natalie Jennings for doing a fantastic job leading this project!

    Posted on Tuesday, June 19th 2012

    Tags swing states politics the 12 washington post news

    Introducing the 12: Student journalists chronicling the 2012 election on Tumblr

    2012swingstates:

    It’s all but certain that a handful of states will determine whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will get to 270 electoral votes Nov. 6. And within those states, a few recurring narratives will dominate headlines and national perceptions about how those votes will swing in the fall: Economic recovery in Michigan. Immigration laws in Arizona. Union battles in Wisconsin. Northern Virginia (blue), and the rest of Virginia (not so blue).

    Today we’re launching The 12, a Washington Post blog powered by Tumblr and populated by student journalists at 12 universities in competitive 2012 election states. 

    Posted on Friday, June 8th 2012

    Tags politics the 12 washington post 2012 election swing states

    Reblogged from The 12 | Tumbling the 2012 campaign

    Campaign and the economy: what would you ask the Republican presidential candidates?

    washingtonpostinnovations:

    Next Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, The Washington Post and Bloomberg will hold the first Republican presidential debate to focus on a single issue: the economy.

    The candidates will assemble at Dartmouth to talk social security, the national debt, health care, taxes and jobs. They will repeat well-rehearsed talking points, try to zing their opponents, and convince voters that their proposals qualify them to win the White House. 

    But these debates generally contain few surprises. The candidate who can keep to their talking points without tripping over questions tends to “win.” But what about what the candidates don’t say? What about larger political questions that go unaddressed? What about fact-checking?

    As we get geared up for Tuesday’s debate, we are partnering with Quora to get help tackling the questions that might otherwise go unanswered, starting off with Wonkblog’s Ezra Klein.

     

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    Posted on Thursday, October 6th 2011

    Tags quora crowdsourcing crowd sourcing presidential debate news politics GOP debate washington post / bloomberg debate washington post

    Reblogged from @innovations | Washington Post on news innovation

    @innovations | Washington Post on news innovation: How did 9/11 change your world?

    washingtonpostinnovations:

    We want to know how the world looks differently to you because of 9/11, in ways big and small. Have government buildings been closed off in your area? Is your commute different? Are there artistic displays or memorials in your neighborhood?

    Show us how 9/11 has changed your day-to-day life by…

    A neat experiment with 9/11 memories — help us document the ways our every day lives have changed through photos. Psyched that Storify now allows us to pull in user photos submitted via Facebook with the Chrome bookmarklet (Thanks @burtherman!). Check it out. 

    Posted on Wednesday, August 31st 2011

    Tags sept. 11 9/11 washington post storify

    Reblogged from @innovations | Washington Post on news innovation

    “If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.”

    That’s what Martin Luther King Jr. actually said. An inscription on his memorial says: 

    I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.

    Why Maya Angelou and others don’t appreciate the paraphrasing. via @washingtonpost

    Posted on Wednesday, August 31st 2011

    Tags mlk Martin Luther King Jr. maya angelou mlk memorial washington d.c. washington post news

    Source Washington Post

    Props to @stevebrodner and @coryhaik for pulling together great graphic series on the debt showdown. August 2011: The final deal is announced, amid the political wreckage in Washington, Tea Party House members win an almost complete victory — but remain dissatisfied. Full series: Scenes from a debt showdown Related story: Debt showdown was a ‘leverage moment’ for the GOP

    Props to @stevebrodner and @coryhaik for pulling together great graphic series on the debt showdown.

    August 2011: The final deal is announced, amid the political wreckage in Washington, Tea Party House members win an almost complete victory — but remain dissatisfied. Full series: Scenes from a debt showdown

    Related story: Debt showdown was a ‘leverage moment’ for the GOP

    Posted on Sunday, August 7th 2011

    Tags washington post news debt ceiling congress debt politics boehner obama tea party

    Source Washington Post

    Who painted ‘Surrender Dorothy’ on the Capital Beltway overpass approaching the Mormon Temple? John Kelly digs into the graffiti’s origins…  That graffito (singular of graffiti) was on a CSX railway bridge, meaning the perpetrator(s) risked not just falling onto the Beltway below but being flattened by a passing freight train.Answer Man could find no reference to when it first went up. The temple was dedicated in November 1974, and certainly by the early 1980s “Surrender Dorothy” was a common sight for Beltway drivers — and an irritant for state highway workers, who would periodically be brought in to remove what was seen as a distraction to drivers … but doesn’t know who painted it. Do you? 

    Who painted ‘Surrender Dorothy’ on the Capital Beltway overpass approaching the Mormon Temple?

    John Kelly digs into the graffiti’s origins… 

    That graffito (singular of graffiti) was on a CSX railway bridge, meaning the perpetrator(s) risked not just falling onto the Beltway below but being flattened by a passing freight train.Answer Man could find no reference to when it first went up. The temple was dedicated in November 1974, and certainly by the early 1980s “Surrender Dorothy” was a common sight for Beltway drivers — and an irritant for state highway workers, who would periodically be brought in to remove what was seen as a distraction to drivers

    … but doesn’t know who painted it. Do you? 

    Posted on Tuesday, June 28th 2011

    Tags john kelly washington post mormon temple capital beltway graffiti

    Source Washington Post

    Congrats to all the Washington Post journalists who took home regional Emmys yesterday for outstanding multimedia work (that’d be video editor Steven King, above, unpacking this year’s awards): Feature News Report - Light Series: Scene In Alexandra Garcia, Producer/Reporter/Photographer/Editor Chesapeake Heritage - Program Feature/Segment: The Last Lap At Laurel?    Alexandra Garcia, Producer/Reporter/Photographer/Editor    Benedict de la Cruz, Producer/Reporter/Editor    Theresa Vargas, Reporter Arts/Entertainment - News Single Story: Creating Frank Cho’s World      Alexandra Garcia, Video Journalist/Editor     Benedict de la Cruz, Video Journalist/Editor Politics/Government - Single Story or Series: The Fast Fix (Political Video Series)     Akira Hakuta, Co-Managing Producer     Chris Cillizza, Reporter Historical/Cultural - Program Feature/Segment: Unfinished Business:  Earth Day 40 Years Later       Megan Rossman, Researcher/Photographer/Editor Sports - Program Feature/Segment: Hero Or Goat: The Lonely Life Of A Kicker        Evelio Contreras, Producer/Photographer/Editor Public/Current/Community Affairs - Feature/Segment: A Cop Killer’s Remorse         Benedict de la Cruz, Producer/Reporter      Cheryl W. Thompson, Reporter      Wilson Andrews, Motion Graphics Designer Public/Current/Community Affairs - Program/Special: The Life Of A Crime Gun         Benedict de la Cruz, Producer/Reporter      David S. Fallis, Reporter      Wilson Andrews, Motion Graphics Designer

    Congrats to all the Washington Post journalists who took home regional Emmys yesterday for outstanding multimedia work (that’d be video editor Steven King, above, unpacking this year’s awards):

    Feature News Report - Light Series: Scene In

    • Alexandra Garcia, Producer/Reporter/Photographer/Editor

    Chesapeake Heritage - Program Feature/Segment: The Last Lap At Laurel?

    •    Alexandra Garcia, Producer/Reporter/Photographer/Editor
    •    Benedict de la Cruz, Producer/Reporter/Editor
    •    Theresa Vargas, Reporter

    Arts/Entertainment - News Single Story: Creating Frank Cho’s World 

    •     Alexandra Garcia, Video Journalist/Editor
    •     Benedict de la Cruz, Video Journalist/Editor

    Politics/Government - Single Story or Series: The Fast Fix (Political Video Series)

    •     Akira Hakuta, Co-Managing Producer
    •     Chris Cillizza, Reporter

    Historical/Cultural - Program Feature/Segment: Unfinished Business:  Earth Day 40 Years Later 

    •      Megan Rossman, Researcher/Photographer/Editor

    Sports - Program Feature/Segment: Hero Or Goat: The Lonely Life Of A Kicker   

    •     Evelio Contreras, Producer/Photographer/Editor

    Public/Current/Community Affairs - Feature/Segment: A Cop Killer’s Remorse   

    •      Benedict de la Cruz, Producer/Reporter
    •      Cheryl W. Thompson, Reporter
    •      Wilson Andrews, Motion Graphics Designer

    Public/Current/Community Affairs - Program/Special: The Life Of A Crime Gun   

    •      Benedict de la Cruz, Producer/Reporter
    •      David S. Fallis, Reporter
    •      Wilson Andrews, Motion Graphics Designer

    Posted on Monday, June 27th 2011

    Tags emmys washington post video journalism photojournalism multimedia