How local TV newsrooms demystified state amendments
Several newsrooms went beyond their traditional approaches to explain amendments, which are often obscure or confusing
November 4, 2024
New York Times tech workers walk off the job before Election Day
Meanwhile, workers at The Baltimore Sun are pulling their bylines for election week
November 4, 2024
Opinion | A new poll has thrown the final hours of the election into a tizzy
A respected pollster put Harris way ahead in red Iowa, with huge implications for the election. Is it accurate? Or merely an off-target outlier?
November 4, 2024
Claims that the election is rigged started as soon as early voting began
In today’s episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ PolitiFact editor-in-chief Katie Sanders predicts a long road ahead for election fact-checking
November 4, 2024
How a youth-focused experiment queued up The Washington Post to cover an unprecedented election
The Post’s Next Generation initiative has been disbanded, but its work might be having more impact than ever in the final days of the election
November 4, 2024
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It’s likely that as the votes are being counted this year, we will see falsehoods similar to those in 2020
November 4, 2024
Opinion | ChatGPT rolls out a Google competitor with a skewed view of the news
The new AI search platform ignores New York Times articles and some paywalled newsrooms, but appears to boost licensing partners.
November 1, 2024
Opinion | Don’t abandon dedicated, hard-working reporters and editors
However the election turns out, we’ll need institutions to stand against intolerance and autocracy. Renew those Washington Post subscriptions.
November 1, 2024
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