TV Election Initiatives Seek New Ideas
Pilot partnerships in 11 major markets are a part of the innovative election coverage ideas coming out of the Best Practices 2000 project. By Walter Dean.
Civic Catalyst: Elections
NY Senate Race Triggers Public TV Connection
A statewide coalition of nine public television stations in New York has formed to look at the 2000 election. By Gary Walker, WXXI-TV, Rochester.
Broadcasters: Rethinking Elections
Highlights from the Best Practices 2000 workshop held in Washington DC, Dec. 10-12, 1999 "Thinking out of the Ballot Box: Reinventing Election Coverage."
TV: Building Innovative Election Coverage for 2000
Wisconsin Public Television's Dave Iverson introduces the cutting-edge mission of Best Practices 2000, a collaborative effort focused on innovative approaches to election coverage in 2000.
Beyond the Ballot in Maine
Portland Press Herald AME Eric Conrad tells how the issues on the minds of Maine citizens in the 1998 gubernatorial elections turned into the "Beyond the Ballot" guidebook
Out of the Pressboxes; Onto the Field — Again
North Carolina's "Your Voice, Your Vote" partnership is back and better than ever in 1998 with 14 print and broadcast organizations contributing to some joint coverage of this year's US Senate race.
Making a Difference: Covering Campaign ’96
Cultural change in the newsroom has impact in the community, reports Deborah Potter of the Poynter Institute. Poynter's election study examinied election coverage at 20 news organizations across the country to see what kind of citizen-based coverage they were doing and how it was working.
Beware of Issue Myopia
Bill Felber and The Manhattan Mercury try to give the campaign back to the voters and learn some lesson about using civic journalism wisely.