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Under attack, elections have prevailed. So far.

November 4, 2024

By: Elizabeth Green, Founder and CEO In 2020, our organization decided to build on our work of local education reporting. We started a new operation devoted to covering the administration of elections, Votebeat. We did this because I couldn’t sleep at night. I worried that, amid then President Trump’s allegations of fraud and a global […]

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Votebeat Launches “Expert Desk” To Support Journalists Ahead of November Election

October 21, 2024

75 Election Administration Experts Will Answer Urgent Questions Votebeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering election administration in five key states and at national levels, has launched a free “Expert Desk” service for journalists to help strengthen their coverage of complex election issues ahead of the November election. The free service will consist of a Slack channel […]

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Chalkbeat and The New York Times partner to showcase the student experience of the 2024 election

October 18, 2024

NEW YORK – Chalkbeat, the nonprofit newsroom covering education across the U.S., in collaboration with Headway, an initiative of The New York Times, has kicked off a project showcasing how students are experiencing this election as November nears.  Chalkbeat and Headway have been posing questions about the presidential election to educators and high school students […]

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Dr. Marissa Donnelly

Healthbeat and Your Local Epidemiologist Launch New York Community Health “Forecast”

October 2, 2024

Local Reporting and New York Epidemiologist Will Power Healthbeat New York’s Newsletter   NEW YORK – Healthbeat, a new nonprofit newsroom covering public health, and the popular and influential newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist launched an ongoing editorial partnership in New York this week. The organizations will collaborate to co-produce and distribute to New Yorkers the […]

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Civic News Company names Shani O. Hilton new Editor in Chief, Andrew Golis new Chief Operating Officer

July 9, 2024

Media Executives who led LA Times, BuzzFeed News, WNYC, and Vox join as Nonprofit Positions for Growth Civic News Company, the nonprofit news publisher of Chalkbeat and Votebeat, today named Shani O. Hilton as its next Editor in Chief and Andrew Golis as its new Chief Operating Officer. Hilton previously held executive leadership positions at […]

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