[CW:MONTHLY] The "Super Tuesday" Click List

Super Tuesday Tips
Butch Ward, Poynter Institute
Set piece journalism — coverage of big scheduled events with elaborate staging but unpredictable outcomes — generates some of the best and worst work in the field.

Going Live on Super Tuesday: History in the Making
Marisa Guthrie, Broadcasting & Cable
The pitched tenor of the 2008 campaign has sparked discussion inside broadcast-news divisions grappling with how much airtime to dedicate to the primaries and caucuses. This is a departure from recent election cycles, when networks have all but abdicated live coverage to the cable news channels.

The Denver Newspaper Guild Objects to Caucus Rules at Dailies
Denver Westword
Denver Post employees will be able to attend the February 5 Colorado caucus after all. Following an objection by the Denver Newspaper Guild, the broadsheet has modified its prohibition against certain staffers taking part. However, as of this writing, Guild reps have not yet been able to convince the Rocky Mountain News to lift its wholesale ban on participation by those who draw a paycheck from the tabloid.

Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?
Noam Cohen, The New York Times
Styles make fights — or so goes the boxing cliché. In 2008, they make presidential campaigns, too. This is especially true for the two remaining Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Reporters covering the candidates have already resorted to traditional analysis of style — fashion choices, manner of speaking, even the way they laugh. Yet, according to design experts, the candidates have left a clear blueprint of their personal style — perhaps even a window into their souls — through the Web sites they have created to raise money, recruit volunteers and generally meet-and-greet online.

Inside Story: The People Who Sell Presidents
Stephen Foley, The Independent
Behind every "Super Tuesday" there's a hidden PR bunfight to sell the US presidential candidates' strengths and conceal their frailties.

Spare the Change
Roy Peter Clark, Poynter Institute
This is an essay about the word "change" and how our political leaders have drained it of its meaning. It is a word that has inflamed Jeff Jarvis to infantile babbling. "I'm sick of hearing the word 'change.' During the Democratic debate in New Hampshire, we heard it 90 times," Jarvis wrote in a blog post last week.

McCain Wins the Coverage Battle as Media Move to Anoint Him
Project for Excellence in Journalism
The media's coverage of the campaign last week seemed to reflect a growing consensus that the Republican and Democratic nomination fights were moving along two distinctly different trajectories.