Heading into an election, newsrooms have at least one very clear mandate from the public they serve: help us make informed decisions on our ballots. And across the country, newsrooms have responded to ...

The media is beginning to feel the first impacts of the upcoming Trump administration. As Sara Guaglione wrote in Digiday last week, it’s unclear whether media outlets will get the same “Trump bump” ...

In the wake of last week’s presidential election, newsrooms are reflecting on the role of the modern media in elections. Stephen J. Adler writes for the Columbia Journalism Review that news outlets ...

At CNN, Brian Stelter argues that while it’s hyperbole to call the mainstream media “dead”, there is a “severe trust deficit” between traditional media and Trump voters. Now, argues Dick Tofel in his ...

Welcome the November Need to Know series on elections reporting lessons — tips and tools we used to help newsrooms cover 2024 candidates. Each week, Sunlight Research Center staffers will share ...

In the weeks leading up to Election Day, newsrooms prepared themselves and their audiences for another long wait for election results. Instead, Donald Trump declared victory just before 2:30 a.m., ...

The American Press Institute will soon complete a yearlong project to outline opportunities to improve local journalism and limit polarization — specifically by enabling news leaders and non-news ...

Earlier this year, The Nevada Independent asked for Sunlight Research Center’s help identifying Paycheck Protection Program loans to 17 Nevada congressional candidates. Here is a step-by-step guide ...

When community members are no longer voters, their needs become diffuse once again and there is no clear, focusing mandate. So many newsrooms slip back into the usual: politics coverage driven by ...

This list of election coverage resources is meant to provide journalists with tools they can use immediately in their work during the election week and in the weeks ahead. We hope you find this useful ...

Last week, both The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times announced they are not endorsing a presidential candidate in this election — and both papers saw significant subscriber cancellations as a ...

Ten years after the first season of the Serial podcast was released, Nieman Lab is exploring the current state of crime news in America. Neel Dhanesha writes that public radio sees true crime as an ...