Mediagazer: Election season gives major daily newspapers ripe testing ground for video work (Adrienne LaFrance/Nieman Journalism Lab)

7:55 AM ET, October 11, 2012

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Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Election season gives major daily newspapers ripe testing ground for video work — This election season has continued online news' march toward video — particularly video produced by news organizations that haven't historically been known for it. Here's a look at how three major U.S. newspapers treated …

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Cindy Royal / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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David Carr / Media Decoder:

After Week of Big Political News, the Big Loser? Liberal Bias — Back when Barack Obama seemed to be in command of the race and had the poll numbers to back it up — that was just a week ago, wasn't it? — there were abundant suggestions that the fix was in, that a compliant …

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Hannah Porter / American Journalism Review:

Tailoring News for the Mobile Crowd — NowThis News is targeting a young audience that is tethered to smartphones and tablets. — AJR editorial assistant Hannah Porter (hporter@ajr.umd.edu) is a student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Networks Like Split-Screens in Debates, Even if the Candidates Don't — Don't scratch your ear — even if it really itches. If you have a thought you want to come back to, quickly jot down one memorable word, not an entire sentence. And remember: that camera in front of you represents 60 million sets of eyes.

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Julia Levy / TribecaFilm.com:

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