2008 Woodie Awards
Student journalists set up site, scoop election
Mariah Bohanon
Issue date: 11/8/07 Section: News
Students who want to voice their opinions on the presidential election now have a national forum in which to do so.
Scoop '08, a Web publication run entirely by college and high school students, launched Sunday, exactly one year before Election Day. This publication is the first student-based national news source that focuses entirely on election coverage, according to a press release.
"We think that Scoop '08 will be able to engage students in a way that they haven't been able to before," site co-founder Alexander Heffner said.
Heffner, a high school senior from Andover, Mass., said he first began discussing the idea for the site with Andrew Mangino, a junior at Yale University, at the beginning of this year.
He said that as politics journalists on their own campuses, they thought there was a void in the 2008 election for student journalism on a national stage.
He said members of Scoop '08's advisory board, which includes the senior editor of Newsweek and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., had a lot of enthusiasm for a student publication that focused on election coverage.
Heffner said he and Mangino launched the site exactly one year before Election Day to provide as much in-depth coverage of the campaign as possible.
"This is a project which we hope will span the entire election year," he said.
Heffner said Scoop '08 is run by more than 300 volunteer student journalists from around the country and abroad. The publication provides an opportunity for both staff members and freelance journalists to provide constant news coverage of the presidential race, he said.
The site seeks to cover every conceivable angle of the election and to provide comprehensive, objective news, Heffner said. Scoop '08 will focus on traditional election coverage but also will provide insight on aspects of presidential campaigns typically overlooked by other news media, he said.
The publication will analyze factors such as a candidate's past career in a historical and academic context, Heffner said.
Scoop '08, a Web publication run entirely by college and high school students, launched Sunday, exactly one year before Election Day. This publication is the first student-based national news source that focuses entirely on election coverage, according to a press release.
"We think that Scoop '08 will be able to engage students in a way that they haven't been able to before," site co-founder Alexander Heffner said.
Heffner, a high school senior from Andover, Mass., said he first began discussing the idea for the site with Andrew Mangino, a junior at Yale University, at the beginning of this year.
He said that as politics journalists on their own campuses, they thought there was a void in the 2008 election for student journalism on a national stage.
He said members of Scoop '08's advisory board, which includes the senior editor of Newsweek and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., had a lot of enthusiasm for a student publication that focused on election coverage.
Heffner said he and Mangino launched the site exactly one year before Election Day to provide as much in-depth coverage of the campaign as possible.
"This is a project which we hope will span the entire election year," he said.
Heffner said Scoop '08 is run by more than 300 volunteer student journalists from around the country and abroad. The publication provides an opportunity for both staff members and freelance journalists to provide constant news coverage of the presidential race, he said.
The site seeks to cover every conceivable angle of the election and to provide comprehensive, objective news, Heffner said. Scoop '08 will focus on traditional election coverage but also will provide insight on aspects of presidential campaigns typically overlooked by other news media, he said.
The publication will analyze factors such as a candidate's past career in a historical and academic context, Heffner said.
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