📰 Media & Journalism Apr 20, 2026 · Lilly Chapa

Prioritize your ballot and polling coverage

American Press Institute
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Media critics have called for demoting “horse race” coverage in favor of paying more attention to what New York University’s Jay Rosen calls “not the odds, but the stakes.” This is a helpful frame in which to plan and prioritize your coverage during a midterm year already awash with inflamed rhetoric and constantly shifting players and motivations.
Covering election polls, for example, is no longer necessarily the default for local newsrooms. Below, we work through ways to reflect on your outlet

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