Building the NBC News Big Board

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It started as a prototype I made in January — a touchscreen way to explore county-level election results — that I demoed to Adam, then to Steve, then to Marc, until it got the budget and became the real thing: the "Big Board" Steve Kornacki wields on air, live, in front of about 10 million people watching on NBC and MSNBC. Michael Small and I built it with NBC News Digital's product and tech teams. A coworker told me Chuck Todd's producer said it was the first election night Chuck wasn't frustrated with the app.

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