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Mike DeVito — April 3, 2006, 4:35 pm

Chchchchchanges…

You may have noticed some changes on the staff page today, or will notice them in tonight’s bylines. That’s right, like a lot of places, it’s transition time here at The Daily Colonial.
Tonight was my last Executive Committee Meeting as Editor-in-Chief. It’s a position I’ve held for two years now, and it’s been a joy […]

Mike DeVito — March 30, 2006, 9:59 pm

Fingers uncrossed

I can relax - our exit polls were exactly right. Morgan and Lamar go to the run-off.
I will now spend a full minute gloating before I write the full election story.
Stay tuned.

Mike DeVito — , 8:37 pm

Two things

Just two more quick notes on the exit poll:
1) The total number of people we polled was 2169, almost double last year.
2) Apparently, there was a betting pool going on in HOVA yesterday based on our exit poll results.
Whoever won, you’re buying me lunch.

Mike DeVito — , 7:01 pm

On the exit poll

A lot of people have been asking us all day about the methodology behind the exit polls we’ve been running on the 2006 SA presidential race. They’ve ranged from how we do it, to why we do it, to “is it ethical?” I’m going to try to answer them in this post.
First off, the how […]

Mike DeVito — March 20, 2006, 8:39 pm

Candidate Interviews Again

Just a quick note so you will all stop badgering my news staff - we will begin to release candidate videos Wednesday morning. The opinion department also informs me that endorsements will begin to go out the same day.
Later this week I’ll address some of the great questions I got over break.