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Tanja Aitamurto: The Obama-Effect in Journalism: Decentralized E
The Obama-effect of donating is happening in journalism. In Obama's case, small donations from a big crowd made his campaign possible. In journalism, many small donations fund costly story projects. The most recent sign of the evolving power of crowdfunding was seen in the New York Times .
#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – a checklist for news sta
A practical checklist for students or mid-career journalists – considering starting their own news website, compiled by the Online Journalism Review’s Robert Niles. Tipster: Judith Townend .Election 2012: Patchwork Nation , from the Jefferson Institute, divides America's 3,141 counties into 12 community types based characteristics, such as income level, racial composition, employment and religion. It also breaks the nation's 435 congressional districts into nine categories, using the same data points and clustering techniques. Another helpful tool is ProPublica's PAC Track , which helps you follow contributors and spending with political action committees. Find more resources on the Politics/Elections page. Add Politics: The Associated Press Stylebook has created an online glossary of election terms . The National Institute on Money in State Politics , a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization revealing the influence of campaign money on state-level elections and public policy in all 50 states, has a comprehensive and verifiable campaign-finance database available for free on its site.
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Vanguard Journalism // Current
Vanguard is a no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance.