At his excel­lent new blog — which is gath­er­ing pace by the day — Jon Slat­tery is run­ning a fest­ive fea­ture to which he kindly asked me to contribute:

Best old/trad media of the year: The New Yorker for Ryan Lizza on the cam­paign trail – his Obama pro­file was the best take on the president-elect.

Best new media of the year: The FT’s Alphaville. Don’t ask how — Paul Murphy and co. just make it work.

Best story of the year: Selec­tion of Sarah Palin as VP can­did­ate – polit­ics can still sur­prise us.

Pre­dic­tion for 2009: The Brit­ish Gen­eral Elec­tion will dis­ap­point everyone.