Ars pointed me to the C-SPAN debate hub and while I didn’t use it during the debate, I have to say it’s a site worth a look. There’s a lot of information on the page, but it seems pretty well designed to me. It includes video and transcripts from segments from the debate, twitter feeds, blog posts, infoporn about what the keywords were during the debate and who spoke when. I’ll definitely check it out during the next debate.
C-Span has come a long way since the flap about videos of Colbert at the press club.
Edit: Looks as though The Current is trying something similar.
Hi John, I have been working with C-SPAN on the Debate Hub project and just came across your blog post. Appreciate you sharing it with your readers.
While the site is definitely up, running and linking to blogs during the debates, perhaps the most interesting part is when the debate is over: the transcripts are logged and mashed up with our video. All searchable, all embeddable.
Don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions 🙂
Thanks again,
Leslie
Leslie A. Bradshaw
Communications Manager
New Media Strategies
I’m glad you stumbled by my blog and I’m happy to give credit where it’s due! Cheers.