If you’ve been too busy covering the 2016 presidential election (or the rest of this crazy year) to think about what to dress up for on Monday, don’t worry: We have some easy ideas. With 10 days left until the election, we’ve thought up some lighthearted ways to create a costume out of the events of a sometimes dangerous and stress-filled year.
Fact-checker
Fact-checkers have had quite a year, as my colleague Alexios Mantzarlis has carefully documented. From discussions about the “post-fact era” to Facebook’s fake stories problem, facts and fact-checkers get roughed up a lot lately.
For this costume you’ll need:
– Facts
– Patience
Photo by ejbSF/Flickr
Endorsements
Anger readers if you do, anger readers if you don’t, anger readers if you endorse Gary Johnson…
For this costume you’ll need:
– Newspapers
– Thick skin
Debate moderator
This one relies on you finding a Halloween Hillary and a Halloween Donald you can interrupt and fact-check. Be prepared for everyone to hate you by the end of the night.
For this costume you’ll need:
– A stopwatch
– A parenting book
Photo by Vincent Noel/Flickr
Tronc
What’s going on with the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing? What’s going to happen to it? You can really use your imagination with this one.
For this costume you’ll need:
– Content
– A funnel
Photo by 24oranges.nl/Flickr
The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold
The reporter who has shown the world his notebook and captured scoop after scoop might not be a superhero, but we’ll allow it for Halloween.
For this costume you’ll need:
– A notebook
– A cape
What journalism-themed costume ideas do you have? Email or tweet them to me and I’ll add them below.
@kristenhare I think my colleague @MikeRezendes should dress up as @MarkRuffalo for Holloween. @SachaPfeiffer could be Rachel McAdams.
— Todd Wallack (@TWallack) October 28, 2016
@kristenhare @Poynter I want to see someone dress as four Pinocchios. @washingtonpost @myhlee pic.twitter.com/Zl1UBG5OML
— Cody Kitaura (@codytoshiro) October 28, 2016
.@kristenhare I was a Pulitzer my sophomore year of college. (everyone thought I was an Emmy, though.) #journalisthalloween
— Rachel Cisto (@RachelCisto) October 28, 2016
@kristenhare I'm going to dress up as a redacted FOIA. #storyofmylife
— Sonali Prasad (Sona) (@sonaliprasad07) October 28, 2016
@kristenhare A fellow Mizzou grad, @AliciaStice, had a good one! She was an anonymous source!
— Allison Prang (@AllisonPrang) October 28, 2016
@kristenhare @Poynter My hypothetical costume:https://t.co/lZkN26yaYX
— Victor Brand (@recordedvoice) October 28, 2016
@kristenhare NOTEPAD pic.twitter.com/76lHFqGiJK
— Digital First cat (@DFNewsCat) October 27, 2016
@kristenhare @Poynter I'm going as 2016. Costume: Dress like a match, strike everything near me, far from me, igniting it, and stand back to watch it burn. pic.twitter.com/3EUwMSYEwn
— Imaeyen Ibanga (@iiwrites) October 28, 2016
