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Tag: political journalism

How and why journalists must navigate the uncertainty of political forecasting

How do journalists explain the world of polling and forecasting to the public? This question came into sharp view after the last two presidential cycles and was discussed in a […]

March 23, 2021March 24, 2021 Mark Kobzik Insights

How news media are setting the 2020 election agenda: Chasing daily controversies, often burying policy

It’s a paradox of examining political coverage. Are news media just reporting what the political candidates are talking about? Or does political journalism really set the agenda by selecting stories […]

November 11, 2019November 13, 2019 Aleszu Bajak, Dan Kennedy and John Wihbey Election Tracker

History repeats itself as women on the 2020 campaign trail receive more negative coverage than their male peers

The women running for president in 2020 continue to receive more negative press than their male peers, according to updated and expanded findings from the Storybench Election Coverage Tracker at […]

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Meg Heckman and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker

Facebook political ads reveal an early but limited look at the Democratic playbook

In the first three days since launching his 2020 run for president last week, Joe Biden spent more than $400,000 on Facebook ads. His fellow candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie […]

May 2, 2019July 11, 2019 Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker

How are Iowa and New Hampshire outlets covering 2020?

Less obsession with Trump. Less scandal coverage. More focus on policy specifics. Deeper coverage of underdog candidates. Those are the main trends that we noticed after analyzing over 50 articles […]

April 8, 2019April 10, 2019 Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker

Illuminating the road to 2020 through media coverage, candidate tweets and Google searches

April 1, 2019April 10, 2019 Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker, Research

Sexism through sentiment analysis: Looking at the media’s coverage of 2020 candidates

The 2020 election cycle has firmly begun. With Bernie Sanders throwing his hat into the ring last week, the Democrats now find themselves with a large (and likely still growing) […]

February 28, 2019April 10, 2019 Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker, Research

Horserace or issues? Tracking the media’s coverage of the 2020 election

It is quickly becoming impossible to ignore the 2020 presidential buzz. President Trump, of course, will likely be the Republican nominee barring some unlikely development. But on the Democratic side […]

February 13, 2019April 10, 2019 Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker, Research

“There is only so much data can tell us”

Nathaniel Rakich, an elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight, the data-driven site with a heavy focus on politics and sports, took what some might call a less traditional route to working in […]

February 11, 2019April 10, 2019 Alison Booth Interviews

Behind the scenes with Galen Druke and FiveThirtyEight’s Politics podcast

The countdown begins. One week until the midterm elections. The politically curious are torturing themselves by hitting refresh on polling data and clinging to forecast updates from sites like FiveThirtyEight. […]

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Meredith Dietz Behind the scenes, Insights
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