CS Monitor’s Patchwork — some glitches, some glory

The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation Project takes election polls and database journalism to a unique level. Using 11 different populations they believe to be important in the 2008 election, the CS Monitor has created a personalized version of what they see as the groups that could be seen as voting blocs — not the [...]

Palin emails priced at $15M

MSNBC investigative reporter Bill Dedman reported on Oct. 17 the latest twist in the Palin email saga (which began with a watch dog in Alaska’s request before Palin was chosen as McCain’s running mate).

Dedman found that even if news organizations were willing to pay the extraordinarily-high price for the public records, they wouldn’t be available until [...]

Palin sued and (could be) restrained over email scandal

ELECTION 2008 – Gov. Palin
Even before the McCain administration chose Gov. Sarah Palin, Andree McLeod, a Alaskan political watchdog had filed a request for access to Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal emails (gov.palin@yahoo.com) she suspected were being used for political work but not accessible by public access. Now McLeod seeks to make sure Palin cannot [...]