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☎ Election Urgent Care is open and experts are on-call for journalists seeking sources or resources for their election reporting. bit.ly/urgentcare-slack Apply to join if: - You're at a nonpartisan outlet covering U.S. elections - You want instant access to 100+ election experts to answer your questions - You could use free resources on safety, legal advice, data and more Urgent Care is in partnership with Votebeat’s Expert Desk, which has already addressed 60+ journalist questions. Apply at bit.ly/urgentcare-slack.

Newsrooms: Are your teams ready to cover the #2024Election outcomes? Free #ElectionSOS resources for journalists include: ✅Training by experts from the field ✅Partner resources including the Knight Election Hub and  ✅Access to the Trusted Elections Expert Network Sign up for the Election SOS newsletter today to support your pre- and post-election coverage: https://lnkd.in/gbzK_uE

Need a pick-me-up during this time of great anxiety? Check out how newsrooms across the country came together for Democracy Day this year. We're so proud to have been part of this incredible collaboration alongside Center for Cooperative Media, Rachel Glickhouse, Joe Amditis, Beatrice Forman, Stefanie Murray, Bridget Thoreson, Jennifer Brandel, Kristyn Wellesley, Alana Rocha, Dylan Smith, Michelle Faust Raghavan, M.A. and others! https://lnkd.in/g7t3VECA

⌛ It's not too late to join our webinar on preparing your Election Day coverage game plan! At 3 p.m. EST *today*, we'll be talking to Jessica Huseman of Votebeat and Ana Radelat of MinnPost about everything from how to ethically handle breaking news, to maximizing limited resources in understaffed newsrooms. Don't miss out! Registrants get a recording afterward: https://lnkd.in/daC28cfN

As 2024 election day fast approaches, it’s hard to not fall into familiar patterns of political coverage. But how can you make your political coverage stand out amongst the noise? ✨ Don’t make it more salacious — make it more useful. We spoke with two journalists, Kira Lerner, deputy Washington editor for The Guardian, and Ryan A. Sorrell, founder and executive editor of The Kansas City Defender, for their top tips on making your coverage connect with readers 🤝 Check out what they had to say: https://lnkd.in/euuvY4Fv

🚨 Election Day is around the corner — are you ready to cover it? We don’t need to tell you that the best way to prepare for the grind and chaos of Election Day is to prepare early. Join Jessica Huseman, editorial director of Votebeat, and Ana Radelat, D.C. reporter for MinnPost, for a conversation on how to plan your Election Day coverage, from effectively utilizing available resources to streamlining your workflows as news comes in. Reporters and editors alike will walk away with actionable guidance on how to make sure you’re best prepared to tackle the big day smartly and efficiently. As always, registrants will receive a link to the recording afterward. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e9uDFeK7

🎉 Congratulations to the newsrooms that participated in our 2024 Engaged Elections training! This group has developed strategies to surface and respond to their public’s critical information needs around elections and voting. We can't wait to see the public service coverage that you create! Atlanta Civic Circle boyleheightsbeat Investigate Midwest KUT & KUTX Public Media Wednesday Journal, Inc. Planet Detroit Tyler Morning Telegraph VPM What'sUpNewp Wings PNW Wisconsin Public Radio WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR WVIA Illinois Public Media Concord Monitor MPR News MinnPost

🏔 Today is the 3rd annual Democracy Summit from the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University. We're a proud partner, and look forward to diving into this year's theme of covering oligarchy. You can livestream the event here (starts at 9am ET) https://lnkd.in/gEEDbmKY 🛠 Check out the Democracy Toolkit, too - which helps journalists better understand and respond to democratic backsliding: https://lnkd.in/gQT86RE9

📅 Registration is open for #AccessFest24, the all-virtual conference from Investigative Reporters and Editors! You'll get the best of IRE’s investigative and data journalism training, with a focus on belonging, equity and inclusion. Several sessions touch on elections reporting, too. https://lnkd.in/g4GbM7qG

If you were to rate your audience’s setting on the dial today for the most consequential election issues, where would they land? What about the communities outside your existing audience? We've seen it over and over: newsrooms that prioritize listening to their communities and meeting their information needs are better able to successfully navigate the twists and turns of an uncertain election cycle. You can find clarity in the chaos by harnessing engagement best practices for your post-election coverage, here's how: https://lnkd.in/gSk5v3Pb This piece was inspired by the decades-long practice of action research in education, which focuses on how educators can improve outcomes, especially for students with the most need. This isn't how newsrooms traditionally think about reaching people who aren’t getting quality news and information, but we think it’s worth exploring.