How to be effective at post-election engagement
By Massarah Mikati Communities’ information needs don’t disappear once an election is over. As the Trump administration’s barrage of executive orders, the numerous attacks on First Amendment rights and an…
Read MoreCase Study: Platforming Black people’s political power
By Massarah Mikati Going into the 2024 presidential election, Capital B knew they had a monstrous task ahead of them to fulfill their mission of serving Black audiences during a…
Read MoreCase study: Putting together an election guide of the people in Santa Cruz
By Massarah Mikati Every election season, Santa Cruz Local has one big product that serves as the core of their election coverage: the People’s Agenda. Like many other election guides,…
Read MoreCase study: Wisconsin’s Main Street Agenda partnership uncovers voter concerns
By Massarah Mikati As the 2024 election neared, staff at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel knew they wanted to tailor their reporting to readers’ needs, priorities and questions — and they…
Read MoreCase Study: Kansas City Defender pursues engagement through activism
By Massarah Mikati The Kansas City Defender isn’t like any other newsroom. In fact, founder Ryan Sorrell doesn’t even call it a news outlet, but rather a community organization. Since…
Read More5 engagement lessons journalists can learn from the Democrats’ presidential campaign
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…
Read MoreEngage communities of color with your election coverage
By Massarah Mikati Communities of color have been the focal point of elections and campaigns, especially over the past few years. But because of a history of media harming those…
Read MoreOur 2024 Scenario Planning Guide
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…
Read MoreDevelop your Election Day coverage game plan
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…
Read MoreEarn trust in your election coverage
By Massarah Mikati Most people are overwhelmed by information and don’t really understand what makes responsible journalism different from the rest of the noise in their feeds. That’s normal! It’s…
Read MoreUse This Story Template To Set Expectations on Results
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…
Read MoreMake your political coverage stand out
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…
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