A classic civic journalism initiative by WHYY public television, the Philadelphia Daily News and the Committee of 70 to focus on voter issues in electing the city’s next mayor. Included were blogs, videos submitted by organizers of more than 100 candidate forums, 1,260 videos submitted on a YouTube site, neighborhood reporting of citizen issues, and a news archive of all candidate coverage.

Washingtonpost.com created this database driven tracker and Google Map mash-up to provide users up to date information about each of the presidential candidates’ travels, fundraising, comparisons with other candidates and other campaign-related information. Intended for use not just by readers, but also by other journalists and organizations.

Online coverage 2006 and 2007 local and state elections using the best benefits of news on the Web. Each candidate had a page, with multiple forms of media covering all aspects of the campaign and election-night happenings.

The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia created a Google Map mash-up that allows users to localize the ward level candidate and election information for the 2007 city council election. The Gazette created this feature in preparation for larger use of the system for the upcoming 2008 elections.

As a different approach to legislative coverage, this project was based on fantasy sports leagues and was an opportunity for readers to become engaged in the state legislative coverage. Points were awarded for a variety of successful legislative ventures. The project drew a wide mix of readers including many admitting to be "non-politics-followers."