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An "I Voted" sticker lies on a wet driveway outside the Sunset Lakes Community Center, where voting was taking place in a special election for Florida's 20th Congressional District seat, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Miramar, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

This week, I have lots to share, but want to start with this note from PolitiFact’s Amy Sherman, who needs your feedback.

For PolitiFact, I am going to write a story about the laws journalists need to know for covering elections. It will cover topics such as electioneering neutral zones, exit polling and access to election records. I am using some guides for 2020 including theReporters Committee for Freedom of the Press ([link removed]) and theCommittee to Protect Journalists ([link removed]) . Such guides were generally written before the protests and mayhem following Election Day in 2020. From your experience covering 2020, any thoughts on additional laws such a guide should cover or did you encounter any legal questions/problems pertaining to election coverage? Thanks much. - Amy

You can respond to this email and I’ll forward it to Amy, or you can reach her directly at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

And now, on to the links I’ve been storing for the last month!


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Poynter is looking for newsrooms to take part in a pilot project fighting online harassment ([link removed]) . The deadline is today!

Local Media Association rounded up five strategies that grew reader revenue ([link removed]) for newsrooms that participated in the Meta Journalism Project’s Reader Revenue Accelerator ([link removed]) program. They include launching a readership onboarding program.

As part of her RJI Fellowship, McClatchy’s Hannah Wise created a toolkit for newsrooms to better serve the disability community ([link removed]) .

Sign up for Poynter’s Summit for Reporters and Editors ([link removed]) . It’s online in July and led by the Dallas Morning News’ Tom Huang.


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Read William Lager in RJI about the Girl Scout who made a patch highlighting women in journalism ([link removed]) . (If my daughter was still a Scout, I’d LOVE to use this. Here was my workaround ([link removed]) .)

Marfa Public Radio now has a weekly Spanish newscast ([link removed]) .

A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR:


** Call for Nominations: 2022 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
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Colby College seeks nominations for the 2022 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award ([link removed]) for Courage in Journalism. The award recognizes:
* Integrity, without which no news organization can function in its role as public servant.
* Craftsmanship, without which no one can succeed as a journalist.
* Character, intelligence, and courage.
* Potential of the work to stimulate engaging campus conversations around important issues.

The deadline for nominations, including a statement explaining the reason for your nomination, is Friday, May 6, 2022. Details here ▸ ([link removed])


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Congrats to the 2022-2023 cohort of Frontline’s Local Journalism Initiative. Newsrooms include “The Post and Courier ([link removed]) of Charleston, South Carolina; The Public’s Radio ([link removed]) in Rhode Island; WFAE ([link removed]) , a public radio station and NPR affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina; and The Texas Newsroom ([link removed]) , which will lead a collaboration of public radio stations across Texas. FRONTLINE helps pay journalists’ salaries, provides newsrooms with editorial guidance, advice about digital or video storytelling, and expertise about how to connect journalism with diverse audiences.”

The Oregon Media Collaborative has launched and includes more than 60 newsrooms that are working together to cover the 2022 governor’s race ([link removed]) .


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My colleague Rick Edmonds wrote about Houston’s $20 million news startup ([link removed]) .

My colleague Amaris Castillo wrote about a tap-dancing journalist ([link removed]) .

And Poynter’s Kelly McBride found ethics questions in Politico's Supreme Court leak ([link removed]) .

That’s it for me. The countdown to the end of school is on, which means annual state testing is on, which means the countdown to the end of school is really on.

Kristen
Kristen Hare
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The Poynter Institute
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