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New election package for CBS News

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Via TVNewser, we’ve learned that CBS News has unveiled its graphical look for the 2008 election. Gone is the rather traditional circular seal-style logo (see after the jump).

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Tags: cbs news, election, Graphics
Posted in Election 2008, Graphics, Networks |

Seeing triple

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

It’s not uncommon to see the same stories on all three network newscasts, even at the same time.

But last night was rather strange — the same person in the same room at the exact same time — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama being interviewed by Brian Williams, Charles Gibson and Katie Couric.

The screen grabs that follow were all taken with 10 seconds of 6:32 p.m. eastern time. By the way, NBC’s interview with Obama ran slightly longer than ABC and CBS.

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Tags: abc, barack obama, brian williams, cbs, charles gibson, katie couric, nbc
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Charlotte station uses Twitter to cover election

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Raleigh’s Belo-owned WCNC-TV set up reports with Twitter accounts and then feed all that data into one interface on its Web site, which allowed viewers to read a behind-the-scenes look at covering an election in an uncensored forum. Station execs say the trial run of the was successful.

Tags: New Media, twitter, wcnc
Posted in Election 2008, Local News, Online |

N.C., Indiana primaries bring tweaks at MSNBC

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

MSNBC has tweaked its election lower third for tonight’s coverage of the North Carolina and Indiana primaries.

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Tags: msnbc, virtual set
Posted in Cable News, Election 2008, Graphics, Set Design |

Checking out ‘America’s Election HQ’

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

We also checked in with Fox News Channel, which is using its recently-installed RP-heavy set. Combined with the circular anchor desk, this set does a good job of accommodating Fox’s panel of experts without the “temporary” feel of MSNBC and CNN’s panel anchor desks. Plus, the large scrolling text on the RP is a great, eye-catching feature that also reflects off the shiny surface of the table surface.

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Tags: anchor desk, fox news channel, rp
Posted in Cable News, Election 2008, Graphics, Set Design |

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New election package for CBS News

Seeing triple

Charlotte station uses Twitter to cover election

N.C., Indiana primaries bring tweaks at MSNBC

Checking out ‘America’s Election HQ’