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    Local news sustainability: API advisers highlight three paths forward

    As the coronavirus ravages local journalism outlets across America — resulting in countless layoffs, furloughs and closures — it has laid bare how much we [...]

    October 6, 2020
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    Providing nuanced information to voters to address voting disparities and difficulties

    Summary In the midst of a national reckoning over voting by mail, the complicated, localized picture of how people actually vote needs more attention than [...]

    August 25, 2020
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    9 tips for covering election misinformation

    Experts warn that much of the discourse voters see this election will be laced with false information, misleading or out-of-context claims, and targeted disinformation. Most [...]

    August 5, 2020
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    Local newsrooms should talk about how to cover politicians who promote conspiracy theories like QAnon

    Covering conspiracy theories and those who spread them has always been a tricky proposition for journalists. If you are in the business of trying to [...]

    July 16, 2020
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    The primaries so far: Are states ready for November?

    The 2020 primaries so far in states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have shown a lack of readiness for voting in a pandemic. Many states are, [...]

    June 29, 2020
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    New grant will allow API to help newsrooms better understand and refine their coverage of the 2020 elections

    Support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies will provide a special version of API’s advanced Metrics for News app free to 60 publishers. The American Press Institute [...]

    June 1, 2020
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    Talking about misinformation with First Draft

    The spread of misinformation can be a black box. Bubbles, filters and algorithms form the boundaries of our online life, and they tend to delineate [...]

    May 27, 2020
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    Nine lessons from Wisconsin’s chaotic spring election

    Wisconsin’s election on April 7 was a test of how a democracy functions in a pandemic.  Democracy held on, but at a price. The election [...]

    May 13, 2020
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    Covering the campaign during coronavirus: What journalists need to know

    This is the second in a series of articles aimed at helping local news leaders and experts address misinformation and election integrity issues in the [...]

    April 20, 2020
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    Are you fighting misinformation? Tell your audience

    This post is part of API’s 2020 election network, a project to help local news leaders and experts address misinformation and election integrity issues in [...]

    March 23, 2020
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