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Elections

Election Beat 2020: Preventing an election night nightmare

Thomas E. Patterson | October 20, 2020
Focusing on the electoral vote on election night will highlight yet-to-be-counted ballots and slow the urge to call the election too soon.
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Embedding Trump’s tweets into news stories could boost his voter support, study finds

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 10, 2020
When journalists embed President Donald Trump’s tweets into news stories, they could unknowingly help him gain voter support, a new paper finds.
Social Media

Crowdsourcing truth and how journalists can avoid spreading coronavirus misinformation: Q and A with MIT professor David Rand

Clark Merrefield | March 20, 2020
MIT professor David Rand helps social media users get a grip on the vast ecosystem of coronavirus misinformation — and offers advice for how journalists can avoid being part of the problem.
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Government

A graphic guide to the 2020 US census

Josh Neufeld | December 2, 2019
To help you understand what to watch out for as the 2020 census gets underway, comics journalist Josh Neufeld created this graphic guide to the decennial count.
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News Media

The consequences of ‘horse race’ reporting: What the research says

Denise-Marie Ordway | September 10, 2019
One of the most common ways reporters cover elections — with a focus on who’s in the lead and who’s behind instead of on policy issues — hurts the public and the news industry.
News Media

How business interests shaped US public records law: Q&A with Jeannine Relly

Clark Merrefield | June 28, 2019
University of Arizona associate professor Jeannine Relly talks with Journalist's Resource about how business lobbies have shaped public records law in the U.S. since the 1960s.
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Elections

New research: Russian trolls used Twitter to attack liberals, conservatives and news media

Denise-Marie Ordway | June 17, 2019
New research forthcoming in Computers in Human Behavior offers insights into how Russia's elections-interference operation played out on Twitter.
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Government

TV news coverage linked to diminished support for Supreme Court

Denise-Marie Ordway | June 29, 2018
New research suggests the U.S. Supreme Court lost public support in recent decades partly because TV news coverage has tended to frame its decisions as political or insincere.
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Reporting

Reporting on data security and privacy: Tips from Dipayan Ghosh

Denise-Marie Ordway | May 24, 2018
Privacy engineer Dipayan Ghosh offers tips to help journalists improve their coverage of data security and privacy issues, including the GDPR.
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Primaries

Primary voters aren’t that different from general election voters

Denise-Marie Ordway | May 22, 2018
Voters who turn out for primary elections often are characterized as party extremists responsible for nominating candidates with ideologically extreme views. But a new analysis finds that these voters may not be much different from those who participate in general elections.

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