It’s primary day in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C, as the four Republican candidates for president struggle for the 95 delegates up for grabs Tuesday evening. Read more »
Greece Takes to Twitter and YouTube as Riots Consume Athens
Greek parliament approved a controversial austerity deal Sunday so the indebted country can get a bailout from the European Union. After the vote, angry Greeks began rioting and hurling fire bombs and stones at police and storefronts. Read more »
Romney and Obama Go Head-to-Head in Online Donation Drives
Mitt Romney dropped the gloves on Barack Obama Tuesday night by launching an online-only donation drive. The goal? Collect $1 million to make Obama a “one-term president.” “The inspiration was President Obama,” says Romney digital director Zac Moffatt Read more »
The New Hampshire Primary on Social Media
It’s primary day in New Hampshire, and social media networks have been ablaze with posts, tweets and videos from the Granite State. Politicians are taking to the web in the battle for votes in the nation’s first primary. Read more »
The Iowa Caucus, as Told by Twitter
Twitter is on fire with tweets about the Iowa caucus. Politicians are reaching out to Iowans for their support, journalists are offering a behind-the-scenes look at life covering the caucus and Iowans have been declaring their support for a candidate on the microblogging service. Tweeted messages and pictures are giving caucus-watchers unprecedented access and levels of real-time information. Read more »
Storify Reveals Its Favorite User-Generated Story of 2011
Social media curation tool Storify doled out its Story of the Year honor Thursday to Josh Stearns, who is using the service to keep track of journalists arrested during the nationwide Occupy Wall Street protests. Stearns works for Free Press as the journalism and public media campaign director and began documenting the arrests in September when a TV reporter was jailed in New York City. Storify describes his story , which has been viewed more than 14,500 times, as “an effort that evolved over weeks and months, preserving what would otherwise be lost in the social media flood.” Incredibly honored to win @ Storify of the year Read more »