When we created The Herald-Sun’s Web site in 2000 (I was managing editor back then) our goal was to report news on the site whenever it happened. Back then, almost all papers updated their Web sites only once a day, and that includes The News & Observer. When we went live on, ironically, Nov. 7, 2000, election day, we updated throughout the day, almost minute by minute. And we didn’t do it just for election day. We did it every day after that. It wasn’t until mid-January 2001 that The N&O finally updated their site during the day. We had seriously broken new ground.
That’s why it’s sad to see that The Herald-Sun‘s site has not had a single local election update today. Obviously the change in regime there has resulted in a change of emphasis regarding their Web presence. Instead, I and probably thousands of others in the Triangle have been going to The N&O‘s site and WRAL’s for updates on local turnout and possible precinct mess-ups.
