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Nicholas DiakopoulosNovember 8, 2022

There’s a 68 in 100 chance you’ll read this article about the audience for FiveThirtyEight-style election predictions

In other words, the odds are pretty good — but it’s far from a lock.

Gregory P. Perreault and Volha KananovichOctober 4, 2022

“Every four years we shoot ourselves in the foot”: Should news outlets still endorse political candidates?

Interviewing 64 U.S. political journalists, we found that many of them have come to view their outlets’ political endorsements as a liability.

Stephan Lewandowsky and Jana LasserSeptember 22, 2022

U.S. politicians tweet much more misinformation than those in the U.K. and Germany

“We also found systematic differences between the parties in the U.S., where Republican politicians were found to share untrustworthy websites more than nine times as often as Democratic politicians.”

Ian AnsonSeptember 7, 2022

Americans think they know a lot about politics — and it’s bad for democracy that they’re so often wrong in their confidence

“Political overconfidence can make people more defensive of factually wrong beliefs about politics…And those who believe themselves to be political experts often dismiss the guidance of real experts.”

Tony MarcanoJanuary 12, 2022

KPCC and LAist are shifting the focus of their politics coverage from politicians to voters. Here’s why.

“Our goal is to reenergize demoralized readers and listeners who’ve given up on civic involvement amid all the vein-popping vitriol.”

Shraddha ChakradharOctober 26, 2021

Non-mainstream news sites erode people’s interest in politics, study finds

“Alternative media tends to negatively portray politics and so [people] might turn away from it.”

Joshua BentonApril 22, 2021

Facebook is going to ask you more often what you want in your News Feed

“Is this post worth your time?” (Or is it at least a picture of people hugging?)

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 11, 2021

Some Facebook users will “temporarily” see less political content in their feeds. (They already didn’t see much.)

The tests will rely on an algorithm to detect political content. It’s unclear how it will handle breaking news articles or posts from groups.

Hanaa' TameezNovember 12, 2020

How The Shade Room harnessed its massive community to register people to vote

“Whenever Black people need something, whenever they need a voice or a stage or change, they come to The Shade Room.”

Hanaa' TameezSeptember 3, 2020

The Ballot aims to cover every 2020 election — except for the one in the U.S.

“I often say to the writers, ‘Write this as if it were a letter to your friend.'”

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