By Massarah Mikati Analyses and hypotheses have been rolling in nonstop since this year’s presidential election results were finalized, with particular focus on what went wrong with the Democratic Party’s…

By Pam Fessler, The Elections Group and former NPR News correspondent It turns out that the big surprise this year was a fairly smooth election. Expectations that the country would…

By Pam Fessler, The Elections Group and former NPR News correspondent Election Day is Nov. 5, but we all know the election began weeks ago. More than 42 million voters had cast…

By The Associated Press EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: One of the hallmarks of American elections is that there’s a lot of waiting. The 2020 presidential contest, for example, wasn’t called until four…

Back by popular demand, here is the Election SOS Scenario Planning Guide for 2024. This guide illuminates a variety of challenges that journalists and newsroom leaders are contending with, and…

Newsrooms can now sign up for free resources to enhance their coverage of the post-election period in the U.S. through Election Urgent Care from a coalition of organizations led by…

By Massarah Mikati Election Day is around the corner — are you ready to cover it? We don’t need to tell you that the best way to prepare for the…

By Pam Fessler, The Elections Group and former NPR News correspondent One thing you can do now, before Election Day, is produce a story about when people can expect to know the…

By Massarah Mikati You did the thing: the community engagement, the story that’s not just relevant to communities of color, but also serves them with appropriate language and framing, in…

By Massarah Mikati As 2024 election day fast approaches, it’s hard to not fall into familiar patterns of political coverage: horse race stories that focus on polls, campaign strategies and…

Hey journalists covering US elections: here is a special invitation to screen a very important documentary film about US democracy called War Game this weekend, and participate in a follow-up discussion with…

By Massarah Mikati November may be two months away, but newsrooms should start preparing now for community-centered election coverage leading up to, during and after the elections. Our team has been…