The Online Media Guide is an ambitious project to document and present the media ecology of Washington State. Right now we have 821 websites in our database, which is in constant development, so please check back often and send your suggestions to omg@wanewscouncil.org
If you are a news/information entity that would like to be represented in the OMG, please fill out this submission request form.
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This map shows traditional/legacy media in Washington State. It includes newspapers, radio, and television stations. to see a full listing of websites that fall into these categories, and please fill out a submission form if you see a mistake or we’re missing someone. |
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This map shows new media that have emerged in WA since the internet boom. It also includes some alternative media that was around earlier, but didn’t fall into the mainstream category. to see a full listing of websites that fall into the many subcategories, which include local/hyperlocal/specialty blogs, civic organizations, industry groups, and more. Please fill out a submission form if you see a mistake or we’re missing someone. |
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This is a map that focuses specifically on the online media ecology of Seattle. In addition to blogs/websites/etc. it also includes neighborhood groups that have a presence online |
Other ways to use the OMG
The Online Media Guide is also available as Firefox bookmarks, categorized by various tags that range in categories from scope of coverage, to funding, to partisanship.
We also have the database available as a spreadsheet which includes many email addresses and other information about the organizations listed. Right now we are offering the Google Maps as a free service, but are trying to cover the costs of this project by selling the spreadsheet and Firefox bookmarks. Please write to omg@wanewscouncil.org if you are interested in purchasing a copy
Join our Facebook page to see a list of our Favorite Pages, featuring WA groups from our database.
We are also building a comprehensive set of lists on twitter.
Give us a shout at omg@wanewscouncil.org if we’re missing you!
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Future potential of the OMG
Because the OMG is backed by a database, there are a number of exciting things that can be done. We are looking forward to creating various data visualizations and mashups of the Washington State news ecology. Here are some creative and inspirational news visualizations that we would like to adapt.
| This is a heatmap created to show housing prices in Boulder, CO. It was made using a simple tool developed by OpenHeatMap. What if we made a heatmap that instead of showing the value of real estate, showed the value of news media in a given area based on variables such as amount of local coverage, amount of transparancy, level of diversity, etc. |
Newsmap.jp is an example of a treemap visualization, which organizes stories size based on their popularity ranking from Google News. The various colors represent different categories such as World/National/Business/Tech/Health and can be organized by country.
Wouldn’t it be great to see a treemap for Washington State news?
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This Dipity timeline was created to document the unfolding of the Lakewood Police shooting story. We would like to see other stories monitored this way to help better track and analyze their coverage and fulfill our mission. |
