Starting in October, 39 young journalists worked with 20 newsrooms across the country as a part of our Election SOS Fellowship program. What started as the spark of an idea soon grew into a full-blown fellowship that our team created in less than two weeks.
Now, we’re celebrating a bittersweet moment as we say goodbye to the Election SOS fellows. …
By: Matthew Gladly, James Hoyt and Christiana Lilly
As we predicted, the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election did not come swiftly, extending the already stressful and whirlwind election cycle for newsrooms — especially for those in swing states.
To help them out, 39 student journalists and recent graduates across the country have been cranking out copy, monitoring social media, creating voter guides, and researching local candidates and laws. They’re a part of the Election SOS fellowship, a critically important support program that Election SOS created in less than two weeks.
From the insights we’ve gathered so far from fellows and their partner newsrooms, the program has been a tremendous success. We know the need for additional support for newsrooms as well as opportunities for early career journalists to cut their teeth is constant and urgent. So we wanted to share our insights and approach with others, in case it’s useful for you in spinning up this kind of support quickly, effectively and on a budget. …
Announcing Election SOS Fellowship Program, Pairing Students With Newsrooms
A global pandemic, civil unrest across the nation, wildfires in the West, hurricanes to the East, and the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg leading to an upcoming Supreme Court nomination fight — this year has been anything but typical.
To make things harder newsrooms across all media have lost or cut the wages of more than 36,000 employees as the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. and local economies into a tailspin. …
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