Election coverage Archives

Opinion | How and why we should bring the living room into our newsrooms

The way to earn trust in our journalism is not more information, it’s connection

July 10, 2024

Jennifer Brandel

A new tool aims to ease the burden on newsrooms covering November’s elections

The Knight Foundation rolled out its election hub Thursday and expects to add more resources in the coming months.

June 20, 2024

Barbara Allen

Opinion | Planning a town hall with candidates? Try a reverse town hall instead.

They spend so much time talking. It’s their turn to listen.

May 16, 2024

Jennifer Brandel

Opinion | Newsrooms should treat the electorate like the hiring committee it actually is

At its core, the electorate is a hiring committee for public servants. Yet very few of the best practices for hiring are followed in the process.

April 10, 2024

Jennifer Brandel

Opinion | Why did news organizations call the Iowa caucuses so early?

They named a winner just as voting got started. Some were upset, but Iowa’s caucuses don’t work like traditional elections.

January 17, 2024

Tom Jones

Let’s dispel a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance

People cannot overdose by only touching fentanyl. Still, election workers have faced a pattern of threats since the 2020 election.

November 13, 2023

Maria Ramirez Uribe

Opinion | An advance look at the Democrats drubbing (oops, disregard that)

News outlets are dealing with, but also ignoring, their “pre mortems” on the party’s expected losses in the midterms

November 10, 2022

Rick Edmonds

Opinion | A look at the media coverage of Tuesday’s midterm elections

MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki, CNN's John King and a host of others serve up superb Election Night coverage full of great information and analysis

November 9, 2022

Tom Jones

Dueling network decision desks – will it happen again?

Fox News still stands firm on its decision to call Biden the winner of the 2020 Arizona presidential race long before other outlets

November 8, 2022

Rick Edmonds

Opinion | Media coverage of Tuesday’s election focuses on the dire state of Democrats

Doomsday for Democrats; a rebirth for Republicans. That’s, basically, the media’s take on Tuesday’s Election Day.

November 4, 2021

Tom Jones

Midterm coverage ideas worth borrowing for 2020

It’s over. Now life gets back to normal. Just kidding, who has time to be…

November 7, 2018

Kristen Hare

5 things you need to know about the Electoral College

It's Election Day, and 538 electoral votes are up for grabs in the 2016 presidential…

November 8, 2016

Vicki Krueger

5 election coverage tips from the Financial Times

Photo courtesy of the Financial Times The UK votes today in a nail-biting general election,…

May 7, 2015

Sarah Laitner

Opinion | How and why we should bring the living room into our newsrooms

A new tool aims to ease the burden on newsrooms covering November’s elections

Opinion | Planning a town hall with candidates? Try a reverse town hall instead.

Opinion | Newsrooms should treat the electorate like the hiring committee it actually is

Opinion | Why did news organizations call the Iowa caucuses so early?

Let’s dispel a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance

Opinion | An advance look at the Democrats drubbing (oops, disregard that)

Opinion | A look at the media coverage of Tuesday’s midterm elections

Dueling network decision desks – will it happen again?

Opinion | Media coverage of Tuesday’s election focuses on the dire state of Democrats

Midterm coverage ideas worth borrowing for 2020

5 things you need to know about the Electoral College

5 election coverage tips from the Financial Times

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