#flashHeader{visibility:visible !important;}Politicians today live in the era of the sound bite, which may give way to the Twitter message (and then something else altogether) - either way, instantaneous news seems to be the only way our news is consumed now, and this ravenous cycle guarantees that stories sometimes fly by unnoticed, undigested.
How then to make sense of the fervid pageantry of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions? There were dozens of story lines, covered and published at a pace that rendered the casual observer and the political junkie slack-jawed and glassy-eyed. Both sides took every measure to exert complete control over their messaging, yet the hiccups in the orchestration of any large spectacle were myriad and manifest in Tampa, Fla. and Charlotte, N.C.
Inclement weather, demonstrations, Ron Paul's restive delegation and Clint Eastwood's address to a chair were just some of those diversions. When placed against a backdrop of an almost deadlocked campaign, context and clarity are necessary for voters interested in making informed decisions this November.
To that end, The New York Times has assembled a “Convention Storybook,†an online archive of the conventions. It is a look inside the two parties as they sought to articulate their platforms and positions as clearly as possible, without interference.
The “Convention Storybook†presents photographs by Stephen Crowley, Josh Haner, Todd Heisler, Doug Mills, Damon Winter, Mike Appleton, Travis Dove, Edward Linsmier, Luke Sharrett, Robert Stolarik, Max Whitaker and Jim Wilson. Michael Barbaro provided audio and it was produced by Nick Corasaniti, Jacqueline Myint and Cornelius Schmid.
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