The document proposes developing a political news aggregator for the KBIA website to serve as a hub for in-depth political coverage in mid-Missouri. It would integrate reporting from students at the state capitol and encourage more multimedia political content. A mockup of the site is provided, which would populate new stories at the top and have standing features on the side. Key site components would include short interviews with political figures, numerical data, and a daily political blog. The proposal also includes plans for feature reporting and leaving a model for creating additional "topic" pages when the site is redesigned.

1. KBIA Political Aggregator Juana Summers and Elle Moxley

2. The Pitch Develop a political news aggregator for the KBIA Web site Goals: Hub for in-depth political coverage Integrate reporting from MDN students at the Capitol Encourage more multimedia presentation of political content Change the conversation about politics in mid-Missouri

3. Preliminary Work KBIA.org will be undergoing a big redesign fairly soon, so our work has to be compatible with that redesign Current KBIA Web site is pretty bare-bones All content is uploaded manually Site is designed on a pretty simple table system Show pages are “show oriented” rather than “story oriented”

4. Site Mockup

5. Pros and Cons of Proposed Design New political stories are populated at the top, no matter what show they air on Standing features on the side are always in the same place Possibly embedding a flash audio player in right-hand sidebar Not very Web 2.0 The tables laid out in the top of the site are a little heavy

6. Key Site Components 5 Minutes With… Conversations with interesting political figures (not just legislators) by members of the KBIA staff Web-only feature teased on the weekly TP show By The Numbers Talking Politics Blog Daily updated political news blog with a link down every morning Contributed content from Jason Rosenbaum, KBIA reporters Weekly analysis piece Links to interesting multimedia across the Web

7. Feature Reporting KBIA’s requirement is that, on top of coordinating this project, I report 5 feature stories this semester. My Stories: Capitol Tour: A look inside the Capitol (radio w/audio slideshow) Feature on Linda Martinez, state economic director who resigned Feature on low-income interests in Columbia politics

8. Future Plans Leaving KBIA with a lasting model to create more “KBIA Topics” pages in line with the upcoming site re-design “Topics” would include each of the show topics: business, education, science, arts Site/Blog Launch: October 1, 2009. Get excited!