Top 4 interactive coverage styles of the 2020 U.S. election
The apps, maps, VR and robots that told the story of a very long Tuesday Continue Reading Top 4 interactive coverage styles of the 2020 U.S. election
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Facebook algorithm changes suppressed journalism and meddled with democracy
Facebook’s News Feed algorithm determines what users see on its platform – from funny memes to comments from friends. The company regularly updates this algorithm, which can dramatically change what information people consume. As the 2020 U.S. election approaches, there is much public concern that what was dubbed “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential election…
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In cities across America, this morning’s newspaper told you there was an election yesterday — but nothing about it
This story was originally published by Nieman Lab and appears here with its permission Big night! The U.S. midterm elections yesterday mostly went according to expectations: Democrats retook the House of Representatives, Republicans kept (and grew) their control of the Senate, and a variety of governor’s races went a variety of ways. Back when I was a…
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Éric Grenier explains why political polls are more important than ever
By Kate Skelly Polling has never been more important than throughout the 2016 U.S. election, according to CBC’s poll analyst Éric Grenier. “Polling does have some caveats. It does have some caution that you have to exercise with it. But it isn’t the bad thing that people make it out to be,” he said. “It’s…