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The Washington Post's Lean Plate Club has become
a meaty case study in how e-mail newsletters are opening up rich new ways
for news organizations to interact with readers. KQED's "You Decide" interactive
game lets visitors express their opinion on tough social issues and
then repeatedly
tests their stance with opposing arguments. GothamGazette.com's "Plan Your Future Park" is an exercise in choices and more choices. The game invites users to solve real obstacles in building a park--and tells how fellow citizens did it. Reporters Help Produce Multimedia
Obits Spokesman-Review's reporters produce interactive obituaries complete with photographs and narration by a family member. A New Recipe: Tax Game Measures Tax
Bills Democrat and Chronicle readers in Rochester, NY, can use an interactive tax calculator to see how their taxes compare to tax rates in other states, one of many interactive features of "Fighting for Rochester's Future." Wish Lists and Price Tags:
The Cost of Fixing Transit Woes In
Phase II of the interactive project "Fix
Your Commute," more than 1,100 people submitted plans to solve the
area's top 20 traffic hot spots. But people cannot submit a plan for
improvements
unless they find new revenue to cover the costs. Bethlehem Steel built the Golden Gate Bridge and much of New York City's skyline. When it dissolved at year's end, The Morning Call went interactive to capture the end of an American era. Snipers to Microsoft:Beat Bloggers cover
their turf Whether reporting the D.C. sniper trial or a Pacific Northwest religion beat, blogs are opening up beat reporting to a new possibilities for giving and getting information. Future News is Foreshadowed at Batten
Awards Read what Dan Gillmor, Mike Skoler, Ashley Wells and others had to say at the 2003 Batten Awards for Innovation in Journalism. City News Site Goes Interactive The GothamGazette.org seeks to nab New York City readers in new ways. Rochester: Five-Part series,
Five Interactives The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle will conclude
it's groundbreaking five-part series, which features five interactive
exercises, next month. Northwest WA: Advanced Simulation
Launches this Fall The Everett Herald and its partners are preparing to launch phase two of their "Fix Your commute" project later this year. MSNBC: Complex Story Shells Deliver
Flexible Interactions For the past seven years, MSNBC has been a leader in providing innovative interactive content for the web. Over
600 use Seattle Times' "Ax
and Tax" to Solve Washington's Budget Woes In just over one week, 604 people try to fix the state's $2.65 billion deficit. Two Government Tax Calculators Help
Pennsylvanians See the Bottom Line The Pennsylvania Governor's Office andSenate Republicans are both using the internet to help constituents make sense of a complex tax plan. State Budget Calculators Help People
Learn about Tough Choices News organizations around the country have created
budget games to report on looming state deficits. Residents
Take Back the Streets in Seattle In "You Build It," The
Seattle Times invites people to help solve the region's transportation
woes.
Choose
what transportation project you'd like to build - and how you'd pay for
it. Fighting for Rochester's Future
In "Fighting for Rochester's Future," the Democrat and Chronicle plans an interactive exercise for each topic in a five-part series. Play an urban planner and spend $150 million in the first installment. J-Lab
is a center of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College
of Journalism. It is a spin-off of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism
(www.pewcenter.org). © 2004
University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism
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