The Future of Political Coverage and Civic Engagement

Some thoughts on how news organizations can comprehensively leverage technology to bring simplicity, transparency and engagement to local politics and in the process tap into the $4.2 billion political ad spending predicted for 2010.

The first step into the new world is to take off your “story” glasses and try on your “etail,” “social networking,” “fantasy-sports” and other glasses as you think about moving from just covering politics to becoming a platform for civic engagement. This means providing an editorial and technology platform designed to enable participation.

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