May 13, 2008
Student Journalists Looking for Their Big Scoop in Campaign Coverage
The national online student-run campaign news site, Scoop08.com, has grown since its start in November into a network of 400 high-school and college journalists who are covering the 2008 presidential race, according to a story about the project and its founders in today’s Boston Globe.
The two founders and editors — Alexander Heffner, 17, a senior at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and Andrew Mangino, 20, a junior at Yale University — have yet to vote in their first national election, the Globe noted. But their student-centric take on the 2008 campaign is looking well-timed, given the high turnout this year among young voters in primary elections, the article said.
The site has a 19-person editorial board, and all of its staff members are volunteers. While TV programs like The Daily Show remain staples of young peoples’ news diets, Scoop08.com aims for meatier fare, the Globe said.
“We’re still looking for that first big scoop,” Mr. Heffner was quoted as saying. “It won’t happen with one story, though. I tell our reporters that we can make this work, but it requires a lot of unconventional and untraditional thinking.”
Sara Hebel | Posted on Tuesday May 13, 2008 | PermalinkComments
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Yes, we’re finally going to get that big youth turnout — just as soon as you can vote for president via Facebook.
— S. Britchky May 13, 04:02 PM #
I applaud their innovation!
— M.A. in Interactive Journalism May 13, 04:07 PM #