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Ways to support conversations for balancing innovation and stability in your news organization, essential considerations about this often overlooked topic, and guidance to include them in your technology decisions.

An initial step toward stewardship of your work is to acknowledge the underlying layers or structures it relies on.

Here are a few additional ideas for stories you might want to pursue.

The laws and rules governing elections differ across the country. You need to know what is and isn’t allowed in the jurisdiction you’re covering, including the rules for journalists reporting at the polls on Election Day.

Some of the major sources for information related to elections and voting. It is by no means a comprehensive list, but a sampling of relevant agencies, news sites, experts and researchers.

Despite the differences, there are common steps taken in almost every election. Each one provides a potential opportunity for news coverage.

News leaders have told us that they want to better support reporters and editors who will be covering an election for the first time. That’s why we’re sharing portions of this media guide to covering elections and voting from The Elections Group.

There are the tricky mechanics of the polls, which need to be accurately explained, and there is the larger question of where polls fit in your overall coverage. Finally, it’s important that journalists writing about polls understand them

These guides are here to help you save time while getting some core thinking shared among your staff, on the record. So when you face a specific development you’re not saying, “I wish we’d talked about this in advance.”

Even though misinformation arises without warning, there are ways to plan for how you’re going to handle it.