Once again, the Chicago Tribune did not fail to impress in its political coverage. Super Tuesday became a hot topic on the Tribune's Elections page as well as on its homepage on Tuesday night. The election page had graphics that were constantly updated on the status of each of the candidates by state.
The Tribune also amped up its social media content. There was a constant minute-by-minute update of the election results. Unfortunately, most of the tweets came from the Associate Press (AP) but it was still very impressive that the Tribune was increasing its social media usage as well as keeping its readers well informed.
By Wednesday the homepage no longer focused on the political frenzy but the national election section still had stories related to the primaries. A graphic was added from the AP which pictured a map giving the results of each state. But understandably, by Wednesday, story content began to shift a bit. Stories became more focused on President Barack Obama's reactions to the primaries and looking to the future of the elections.
Although I thought the coverage and use of social media and graphics were great, there was one small problem that I had with the Chicago Tribune. If you look closely at the bottom of some of their political stories you will find that they are not all written by Chicago Tribune reporters but rather reporters from the Los Angelos Times. I first noticed this on one analysis piece entitled "Romney fails to deliver knockout blow on Super Tuesday." At the bottom of the piece it gives the email address for the author as [email protected] and then in a small font below that it has the copyright by the L.A. Times.
The Tribune also amped up its social media content. There was a constant minute-by-minute update of the election results. Unfortunately, most of the tweets came from the Associate Press (AP) but it was still very impressive that the Tribune was increasing its social media usage as well as keeping its readers well informed.
By Wednesday the homepage no longer focused on the political frenzy but the national election section still had stories related to the primaries. A graphic was added from the AP which pictured a map giving the results of each state. But understandably, by Wednesday, story content began to shift a bit. Stories became more focused on President Barack Obama's reactions to the primaries and looking to the future of the elections.
Although I thought the coverage and use of social media and graphics were great, there was one small problem that I had with the Chicago Tribune. If you look closely at the bottom of some of their political stories you will find that they are not all written by Chicago Tribune reporters but rather reporters from the Los Angelos Times. I first noticed this on one analysis piece entitled "Romney fails to deliver knockout blow on Super Tuesday." At the bottom of the piece it gives the email address for the author as [email protected] and then in a small font below that it has the copyright by the L.A. Times.
After noticing this article, I proceeded to look at other articles to see which were actually written by the Tribune. Although there is a connection between the two newspapers, I think that the Tribune should make it more well known which stories are directly written by its staff and which stories are written by the L.A. Times. From the Byline it would appear that Paul West was on the staff of the Tribune however, it isn't until you reach the bottom of the article that you realize this is not tr. If the writer is not directly on the paper's staff I think it should be stated in the story byline and not on the bottom of the page.
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