2012 Elections
How to Storify the presidential debates
Wednesday night is the first of three debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. Americans will be "social watching" with two screens, and taking part on social media. Here are ideas on how to cover the debates with Storify.
Why Storify? To take part in a viral event
- Last winter's GOP debates proved to be viral social media events. The Wall Street Journal registered 1.9 million views of their three GOP debate Storify stories. Those stories pulled in reader comments, acting as a kind of social media sidebar that was updated throughout the events. See those stories here.
Capture pre-game predictions
- There is already lots of buzz about the debate Wednesday, and you can curate what pundits and voters are already saying on social media. The University of Southern California student news site Neon Tommy looks at Republican predictions.
Republicans: Wednesday Debate Will Be A "Game Changer"New Jersey governor, Chris Christie (R) and Obama's adviser David Plouffe ramp up expectations for the presidential debates.- Digital First found advice for the candidates from the past.
Ronald Reagan's Advice for Romney at the DebatesWith President Obama ahead in the polls, Republican challenger Mitt Romney needs the debates to be a game-changer. For advice on how to d...
Bill Clinton's Advice for Barack Obama at the DebatesMitt Romney will no doubt have some solid debate tactics up his sleeve in the coming weeks. Though Obama has a lead in the polls, resting...Round up the memes before, during and after
- If there's one thing recent events like the Olympics have shown us about social media, it's that memes go viral in a hurry, capturing the public imagination. You can search social networks to find those events and collect them in a Storify.
Funny Cartoon Romney vs Obama Debates societyhub.com/funny-mitt-rom… #GOP #Dems #Politics #Election http://pic.twitter.com/fZHyRNqx- Amnesty International's bingo card has been pinged around Twitter.
US Presidential debate is tomorrow - will Obama & Romney address these issues? check out #HumanRights bingo http://pic.twitter.com/I3yvjp8l #factcheck- The debate drinking game.
- RT @Bookie_Jackson: RT @Bookie_Jackson: The Official Drinking Game For the Debate... twitpic.com/b0hhsz
Tonight's game for the Presidential debate. #TFM http://pic.twitter.com/grvkZczlPull in the GIFs!
- Many news outlets are pulling together GIFs from the debates. You can collect them in a Storify by searching for the GIFs on Twitter, or via a Google Images search.
From Gaffes to GIFs: The Great Shift in Presidential Debate Strategy ...1 day ago ... The candidates, campaigns, and pundits have dropped any pretense that the first presidential debate will be anything more...
Tumblr Will Live-GIF the Presidential Debates (!!!)7 hours ago ... Tumblr will be covering tomorrow's presidential debate in the best way ... Use this as an excuse to post a bunch of...Capture the live event using "the Oprah Storify approach."
James HobosI would say that this is kinda clever idea2013-02-07T10:05:12.441Z- ernestomakackaVery well done folks2012-11-21T06:42:54.534Z
- Adam WrcakjoshLuving this one.2012-10-31T17:31:24.386Z
