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Stay sharp as the midterms come to a close. Plus: inspiration for connecting with diverse audiences, job postings and more.
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This week's digest is filled with resources, fact checks and on-demand training to help you stay sharp in the final week of voting.
So first, a little non-election inspiration for connecting with your community online and in real life:
Remember when a team of journalists at the Los Angeles Times created a digital altar during Día de Muertos last year? The project received more than 1,000 submissions from across the country in four languages. See how these same journalists, in new roles dedicated to highlighting Latino voices, expanded the celebration this year.
Get creative this week, folks.
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In-person event, Saturday, Nov. 12, Tampa, Florida
You’re invited to attend Poynter’s Bowtie Ball on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Tampa Marriott Water Street. Together, we’ll celebrate the free press and honor the distinguished careers of legendary journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whose dogged reporting of the 1972 Watergate break-in changed the course of American history and fortified journalism’s role in democracy.
Toast the First Amendment and join our call to uplift ethical, independent reporting.
Cost: $225-$350. Proceeds from your ticket help Poynter improve, strengthen and sustain quality journalism in diverse newsrooms around the world. |
| Table Stakes: Poynter’s Local News Innovation Program |
Online and in-person program, Jan. 17-Dec. 8, 2023
Collaborate more effectively across your enterprise with this intensive, yearlong program. We help local news organizations transform into audience-focused, market-leading, sustainable enterprises.
"Table Stakes provided the foundational structure, knowledge and tools for our team to collaborate to create a challenge statement and implement a strategy to work towards it," said Liz White Notarangelo, publisher and executive vice president at the Record-Journal in Connecticut, which participated in Poynter’s 2019-2020 program.
"Bringing team members from different departments in our company together was transformational for us. I highly recommend Table Stakes."
Cost: $500-$6,500, depending on the size of your news organization. Apply as a group by Nov. 18. |
| Midterm Essentials: Election Issues Journalists Should Know |
Self-directed online course, start anytime
Need to study up on a particular election issue? This free course — which you can take on your own time and in whatever order you want — will help you hold candidates accountable as the midterms heat up. Don't settle for campaign talking points, allow candidates to talk in rhetorical circles or accidentally amplify common falsehoods online.
Topics include climate change, inflation and the economy, health care and drug costs, immigration, campaign finance, guns and gun control, and detecting disinformation.
Cost: Free. |
Covering Political Extremism in the Public Square
Online workshop, replay available now
Increased intimidation, threats and violence surround democratic process and participation in the United States. This online workshop — originally broadcast Sept. 20, 2022, and available now for replay — will help journalists stay safe and produce ethical, excellent stories for voters.
Learn how to track and debunk election-related disinformation that could fuel violence on the local level. Gain an understanding of First and Second Amendment protections to strengthen your reporting about activities that are prohibited by law. Review best practices for reporting on these issues without legitimizing them or having a chilling effect on democratic participation.
Cost: Free. |
Our colleagues at PolitiFact have been busy debunking claims in the final days of voting. Here are the facts:
✅ Misinformation fuels false narratives about attack on Paul Pelosi.
✅ Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming “open borders” and migrants crossing U.S. borders illegally.
✅ Instagram post falsely says “2,000 Mules” proves Democrats cheated.
✅ Courts did review former President Donald Trump’s campaign “evidence” of election fraud. Claims saying otherwise are wrong.
✅ Gasoline prices hit $5 a gallon more than a year after President Joe Biden took office, not when he was inaugurated.
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