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    Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund and the American Press Institute announced a partnership today to support publishers of color who want to explore [...]

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    American elections are highly decentralized, with local and state laws and processes governing election administration in more than 10,000 jurisdictions across the country. As in [...]

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    This year’s election will have problems, and journalists need to handle them with care. Here are five guideposts for doing so. Elections are the highest [...]

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    They’re not conventional political journalists, but they might have the most important beat of 2020. This election year was going to be different even before [...]

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