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Journalists on Election Day

In the four years since the last presidential election, digital journalism has sprouted in different directions, allowing reporters to not only distribute their work in more ways but to create personal brands within their identity as journalists. Election Day 2012 demonstrated this growth.

  1. Gooood morning #journalists, and happy #Election2012! Today is like a one-day case study of evolution in breaking-news coverage. Exciting!
  2. In an effort to document the different ways journalists and media organizations covered the election, SPJ kept tabs on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and RSS feeds. Content came in many forms, and it's an interesting collection: Resources for journalists and voters, updates (humorous and informative) from the field, traditional election coverage, and fun finds on the Internet. (Everything is organized into one of four sections with the most recent entries at the top of their categories -- resources and tips, status updates, election coverage and just for fun). Enjoy.
  3. Resources and tips

  4. When the networks & news organizations declared Obama a winner: journ.us/PVSfJR
  5. Cool one-stop #CA map: how the 11 state ballot props are doing in each of 58 counties (mouse over county for results) vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/b…
  6. Journalists share election night newsroom shots via social web: bit.ly/Uw4QPy /via @Poynter #cnnelection
  7. When the networks & news organizations declared Obama a winner: journ.us/PVSfJR
  8. Glued to the state-by-state election results? Here's an AP interactive map on the NPR website that has everything you'll need.
  9. Cut through the clutter and just follow this. Has made my life easier tonight. @quartznews qz.com/24653/us-presi…
  10. live w our geo-located #election2012 mobile web map. washingtonpost.com on your smartphone & get your state returns http://pic.twitter.com/mcrKeuHX
  11. [reposting for tonight] How the Election Will Be Called, by WSJ's @CarlBialik, bit.ly/TJ3fJx #Election2012
  12. Nice look at some of the interactive tools being used by news orgs during #Election2012 coverage: bit.ly/SVLIeZ /via @jeffsonderman
  13. What kinds of tweets about #electionday2012 have politicians deleted? @SunFoundation has you covered. http://politwoops.sunlightfoundation.com/?state=&party=&office=
  14. Bored? You can check out all kinds of election coverage from Hulu. They're also streaming results coverage tonight.
  15. Wondering when to tune in for swing state results? Here's when polls will be closing across the U.S. n.pr/SxRRx4
  16. Election cliches for the junk pile: "double-down," "the ground game," "game changer," "delivered a knockout blow," "photo finish."
  17. "I always tell our employees that the coverup of a social media error is worse than the error itself" journ.us/PU9ECN Don't be Nixon
  18. Fun: Choose the "Swing States" tab on @USATODAY's Twitter Election Meter: twitterelectionmeter.usatoday.com Score there right now is Obama 73, Romney 55.

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