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.
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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.