Welcome to the Knight Center’s new MOOC, “A Better Way to Cover Elections: Campaign Reporting that Centers Communities and Solutions,“ organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas in partnership with The Solutions Journalism Network. During this four-week massive open online course, which will be held from March 25th- April 21st, 2024, students will learn how to reinvent elections and campaign coverage to better serve communities and strengthen democracy.
Register HERE
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
– Craft a strong mission statement that clearly articulates how you and/or your newsroom approaches coverage of elections and democracy.
– Engage deeply with your audiences to learn what they want politicians to be talking about, in a way that’s reciprocal, not extractive.
– Identify and report strong solutions stories that help communities solve problems and also hold politicians accountable for addressing them.
– Produce campaign stories in ways that build trust and reduce polarization rather than increase distrust and divides.
GOALS:
Over the next four weeks, you will learn an effective and innovative alternative to the traditional horse-race approach to elections reporting, which will help you better serve your communities and strengthen democracy. This course will provide materials and examples predominantly based on the context of US elections, with a commitment to ensuring their global relevance.
WHO CAN ENROLL:
Reporters, editors, students, and aspiring journalists around the world. It’s for anyone who is dissatisfied with traditional coverage of politics, elections and democracy and wants tools and strategies to increase trust and engagement, reduce polarization, and employ solutions journalism to help communities address problems and hold politicians to account.
- Nadine Strossen, former head of the ACLU (Friday at 11:45 a.m. until 12:45 p.m.) – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87230676972
- Joe Kahn, executive editor of the NYT (Friday from 1:15 p.m. until 2:15 p.m.) – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83137751400
- Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post tech and internet culture columnist (Saturday from 3:45 p.m. until 4:45 p.m.) – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89953372735?pwd=Ni9uSFEwOXBIL25LSGY4em0wZC9WZz09
Mexico’s Elections and What It Means to Press Freedom and Journalists’ Safety
Mexico goes to the polls in June. What will the election of a new president and legislative assembly mean for the safety of journalists in Mexico and for press freedom?
Join former Associate Press Bureau Chief Katherine Corcoran and founder and editor-in-chief of Tijuana Press Vicente Calderone and they ponder this question and look at what the upcoming election means.
Register HERE.
For details – https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom
For details – https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom
For details – https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom
For details – https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom
For details – https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom
NATIONAL HUG A NEWSPERSON DAY
National Hug a Newsperson Day (formerly National Hug a Newsman Day) on April 4th encourages appreciation for the people reporting the news.
#HugANewspersonDay
Read more HERE.
And for a bit of music to celebrate, have a listen to The Morning Papers by Johann Strauss II.
For details – https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom