When community members are no longer voters, their needs become diffuse once again and there is no clear, focusing mandate.

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 ...

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 ...

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., ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I feel the absence of my parents acutely this election season. We didn’t always agree, but I miss their counsel and their insights. I wonder now what they would think about the choices before us, how ...

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 ...

This week, the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University released its annual State of the Local News report. 127 local newspapers have closed in the last year, and 7,000 newspaper jobs ...

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 ...