We talked to national and cable news outlets, newsrooms in key swing states, and The AP about how they're getting ready to cover the Nov. 3 election.

October 2020
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** National News Outlets Prepare for an Election Night that Might Turn into Days, Weeks ([link removed])
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There are, to put it mildly, some unusual variables for political reporters and newsroom leaders to consider this election season. Read the story ([link removed])


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“This might be the first time as a journalist I’m ever hoping for the boring outcome.” That’s how one politics editor at an online news site described preparations for covering the November 3 presidential election—and the days, weeks, and months to follow.

With the vote just over a week away, Nieman Reports surveyed how national outlets are gearing up ([link removed]) for an election night that might last days or even longer; how cable news plans to calibrate coverage ([link removed]) if there are no definitive results on the last day of voting; and how newsrooms and nonprofits are teaming up to fight misinformation ([link removed]) .

We also asked editors at newsrooms in key swing states to describe how they are covering this intensely contested vote and its aftermath:
* The Associated Press: “Accuracy comes first ([link removed]) ”
* The Philadelphia Inquirer: What election day returns mean—and don’t mean ([link removed])
* The Weekly Challenger: Meeting the needs of a multiracial, multiethnic audience ([link removed])
* The Detroit Free Press: “Journalists must be truth-tellers ([link removed]) ”
* The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Investigating voting rights and explaining mail voting ([link removed])
* The Miami Herald: Remembering the 2000 recount ([link removed])
* Votebeat: Covering local election integrity and voting access ([link removed])

With mis- and disinformation campaigns heating up, a vacancy on the Supreme Court that could soon be filled, and a president who refuses to commit to accepting the voting results, our election 2020 coverage ([link removed]) —and that of our sister publication Nieman Lab ([link removed]) —of how newsrooms are responding to this period of extraordinary uncertainty and tension will continue up to and after the outcome, boring or not, is known.

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James Geary
Editor, Nieman Reports
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** High Voter Turnout? Result Delays? What to Expect from Cable News on Election Night ([link removed])
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Without definitive results on election night, how will cable news fill time in ways that draw viewers and serve the public trust?
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** “We Can’t Only be Mad at Facebook”: Nonprofits, Newsrooms Team Up Against Misinformation ([link removed])
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Inside the journalistic effort to counter false information designed to suppress voting and cast doubt on the election.
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** Covering Abortion as a Personal Health Care Issue, and Not Just a Political One ([link removed])
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Readers deserve honest, thorough coverage of abortion and the role it plays in women’s lives.
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