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“I’ve always liked to think of myself as a brain floating through space…[but] our physical condition constrains and expands the way we think about ourselves.”
The law itself is likely to stand, but experts expect a surge in requests, longer delays, and more court dates.
The Green Line combines events, explainers, and solutions to appeal to young Torontonians.
Two poll workers sitting at a table shine a flashlight on a ballot
“We’ve learned, especially in the last few cycles, that it’s not necessarily possible or a good idea to let [the electoral] process play out in silence.”
“The problem with voting stories is that the people who make themselves most available don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.”
The Center for Community News at the University of Vermont is leading “the first nationally coordinated effort to strengthen university-led election coverage.”
In our package: Digital news outlets reimagine the crime beat; TikTok creators balance ethics and money; public radio stations see more true crime in their future; AI might reshape court reporting.
Testify’s groundbreaking investigations in Cleveland show the power of computational methods in courthouse reporting. Why, then, are its stories so hard to replicate?