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Ohio Releases Free iBook Based on Elections and History

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KAREN KASLER
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STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU

There’s a new tool for Apple users who want to know more about Ohio’s history in presidential elections, and its role in the upcoming one.

It’s a multi-touch iBook called “Ohio: Pathway to the Presidency." It features five chapters covering the history of Ohio’s presidents, the process for electing a president, Ohio’s demographics, the 2016 presidential election and a live election-night feed.

It was put together by Jason LaMar from Columbus State Community College, who’s a graduate of the Apple Academy.

“What this platform provides is a way through audio and video and tactile interaction with the content to really elevate this from passive readership to active engagement – you really participate in the content rather than just being a passive viewer of it.”

While the iBook does use stats from the secretary of state’s office and facts from the Ohio History Connection, it was put together no cost to taxpayers.

It’s available for free in the Apple store; there’s no equivalent product for non-Apple users.  

Karen is a lifelong Ohioan who has served as news director at WCBE-FM, assignment editor/overnight anchor at WBNS-TV, and afternoon drive anchor/assignment editor in WTAM-AM in Cleveland. In addition to her daily reporting for Ohio’s public radio stations, she’s reported for NPR, the BBC, ABC Radio News and other news outlets. She hosts and produces the Statehouse News Bureau’s weekly TV show “The State of Ohio”, which airs on PBS stations statewide. She’s also a frequent guest on WOSU TV’s “Columbus on the Record”, a regular panelist on “The Sound of Ideas” on ideastream in Cleveland, appeared on the inaugural edition of “Face the State” on WBNS-TV and occasionally reports for “PBS Newshour”. She’s often called to moderate debates, including the Columbus Metropolitan Club’s Issue 3/legal marijuana debate and its pre-primary mayoral debate, and the City Club of Cleveland’s US Senate debate in 2012.