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Today is an important day. After two years of almost non-stop campaigning and corresponding media coverage, the American democratic process will be put to the test.

News media has traditionally been considered the “fourth estate” - an unofficial branch of government that serves to both monitor the representatives of the people, as well as inform the electorate. Tonight, ABC News Radio will provide live, on-air coverage on affiliate stations the stretch from coast to coast. The internet, similarly and universally deployed coast to coast, will play an important role in our coverage.

Inherently, all media is social. In the last four years, we’ve seen tremendous advances in web-based technology. Radio and web based ’social’ media have a lot in common. Both mediums are platforms that fascilitate connectivity, discussion, and information sharing. ABC News Radio is doing our part to bring “new,” so-called Social Media to a more mainstream radio audience, and vice versa. You can find the early stages - including podcasts, live video, and campaign updates - of our web development at ABC News Radio

As we continue to develop our web presence, we’re excited to work with Utterli to bring web audio to the radio. Through the night, we’ll incorporate audio messages on Utterli into our live radio coverage. Additionally, we’ll encourage our audience to to use Utterli and platforms like it to share their election day experiences. To share your opinion and experiences, all you need to do is join the ABC News Radio Utterli group.

Thanks much, and have a great election day.

ABC News Radio Election Coverage

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I’ll be in the ABC News Radio newsroom and Decision Desk on election night.

The podcasts from ABC News Radio tomorrow night will be an experiment of sorts. We’re still developing our full podcast platform, so for now we’ll test with this feed and iTunes.

Streaming live video by Ustream

Beyond podcasting, I (and just about everyone else with a computer) will be using Twitter for conversation.

Additionally, we’ll post a page with a UStream video of our coverage, as well as Qik, and Seesmic, and Phreadz conversations. Links for our video coverage TK.

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