I love the Internet; it provides so many great new tools for journalism. For example, our Pol Watchers blog has attracted more than 140,000 readers since it was launched last fall. The blog lets us report Kentucky political news faster and in greater depth than ever before. It also allows us to post audio and video, and it includes a daily feature that is a particular favorite of mine: Pol Watch, the daily digest of political news and opinion from around Kentucky. It’s a quick must-read for anybody interested in Kentucky politics.
This week, we launched another new feature on Pol Watchers that should attract a big following: the Rolling Cyber Debate. Each week through the May 22 primary, we’ll ask all 10 candidates for governor a question submitted by readers. We’ll post the candidates’ answers before noon each Friday. Candidates are able to answer the question in text, or with an audio or video clip. Republican candidate Billy Harper was the only one to send a video response this week. (Maybe we’ll see more tech-savvy candidates next week.)
We’ll announce next week’s question on Monday. If you’d like to submit a question for the candidates, or have other suggestions for improving the Pol Watchers blog or state goverment and political coverage, send an email to Frankfort Bureau Chief John Stamper.
Tom Eblen
Managing Editor
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