Chris Snider

In the world of presidential politics, Iowa goes first. Which also means the Des Moines Register goes first – first to test out latest digital tools in its caucus coverage.
I asked Register Digital Editor Julia Thompson to reflect on how some of those tools worked out on caucus night.

It’s one week before the Iowa caucuses, and my latest numbers on GOP candidates and social media show it’s a three-way race between Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.
I’m tracking 17 different indicators of how popular candidates are on social media and how effectively they are using social media in their campaigns. This is [...]

WordPress is a great tool for quickly and easily launching a professional-looking website with little or no knowledge of writing code. There are thousands of themes and plugins to customize the look and performance of your site.
This makes it perfect for college and high school newspapers looking to dive head first into creating or redesigning [...]

I know several “print” designers who have yet to take the leap into web design. Heck, I doubt some of them ever will.
Even if they never decide to learn HTML and CSS, there is an easy way for print designers to make their company’s better: Infographics.

A little more than three weeks ago, I measured how the GOP presidential candidates were faring on social media. I looked at 17 different measurements of popularity and engagement on Twitter and Facebook (you can see exactly what I measured here).
My results were fairly close to the most recent national polls.
Now, four weeks before [...]