AP launching a multimedia project on presidential politics

The Associated Press this week will launch an ambitious, multimedia project on presidential politics, called “The Measure of a Nation.”

Written by veteran AP journalists Ron Fournier and Ted Anthony, “The Measure of a Nation” is designed as a user’s guide to America for people trying to make sense of the changes unfolding in the country and how the landscape of their daily lives might impact their votes.

“What happens on the 2008 campaign trail is only a mirror of the huge cultural story unfolding in America,” says AP Senior Managing Editor Mike Silverman. “The themes of ‘The Measure of a Nation’ are designed to offer insight Americans need to pick, and live with, a president best suited to these unusual times.”

The anchor of the first package, being released for Friday, Feb. 1, is “The Mythic Presidency” — a provocative, 2,600-word magazine-style piece that takes the reader to unexpected places to reveal the cult of the presidency in U.S. society and examines how the myths that grew up around various chief executives inform how Americans will select a president in 2008.

Source AP

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