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“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?
“We need to better understand what people mean when they say ‘safety.’”
“By revealing the impact of these strikes, we were able to use footage released for one purpose to show a different perspective on the incidents.”
El Toque’s informal exchange rate is used by taxi drivers, restaurateurs, and small businesses across the island. It’s also grown the news site’s traffic tenfold.