Inventing New Election Coverage
For this year's elections, media organizations form Seattle to St. Petersburg, FL try new approaches to covering capmaigns, including framing the election as a job interview and running forums and town-hall meetings.
Civic Catalyst: Elections
“Negative Campaigns: What Can Journalists Do?”
Reflections of a self-described "skeptic, curmudgeon and grouch" on a journalists' retreat convened in September by the Pew Center and the Nieman Foundation.
Hot off the Primaries: Citizens Election Project Case Studies
An in-depth look at the six partnerships in four states that experimented with new ways to focus on citizens' issues during the primaries.
Confessions of a Sinner
Stan Cloud confesses the sins of a political reporter and offers an alternative.
North Carolina: An Unprecedented Partnership
Over a dozen print and broadcast partners are teamin up for a joint effort focusing on the 1996 Presidential and Senate elections in North Carolina.
N.H.: “It’s Still the Economy”
The Boston Globe's Don MacGillis talks about the value of listening to the community in Derry, New Hampshire, to help determine what issues would be important for the presidential primary.
Citizens Election Project
Project Director Stan Cloud reports on current developments with CEP projects in Iowa, New Hampshire, California and Florida.
Covering Politics Civic Journalism Style
Rick Thames discusses the Charlotte Observer's techniques for covering elections from the citizen's standpoint.