New Hampshire

New Hampshire Tax Challenge, Concord, NH 1999 Partners:

New Hampshire Public Radio An estimated 30,000 residents, or more than 4% of the state’s registered voters, used their computers to access the radio station’s online calculator to see how proposed new tax bills would affect them. In addition, NHPR used the site as a reporting tool, monitoring a Feedback Zone and interviewing some of […]

Shock Value, Concord, NH 2000 Partners:

New Hampshire Public Radio NHPR used the interactive Web technology it pioneered with its Tax Calculator to give the state’s citizens an idea of how electricity deregulation would affect their utility bills. The special “Shock Value” Web site, linking off the NHPR home page, served as both a primer on deregulation and a tool for […]

The Voters’ Voice, New Hampshire 1997 Partners:

New Hampshire Public Radio The Keene Sentinel The Portsmouth Herald UPI of New Hampshire Inspired by the success of its election year project, “Voter’s Voice,” New Hampshire Public Radio sought citizen participation in coverage of non-election issues through a series of “Citizens Exchange” meetings in different communities, in association with local newspapers. The network began […]