#partylikeajournalist with the USA TODAY NETWORK on election night

Liz Kelly Nelson
Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK
2 min readNov 3, 2016

For the first time, the USA TODAY NETWORK is opening its doors to invite readers to join us as we cover election night live from our headquarters in McLean, Va. on Nov. 8th from 7–10 p.m. ET.

And the first 75 RSVPs will join us free: electionparty2016.usatoday.com.

Along with the newsroom’s comprehensive coverage and a Facebook Live broadcast anchored by Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page in Virginia and updates from NETWORK newsrooms around the country, party-goers will get live results throughout the evening as polls start to close across the country.

We’ll have food, drink, music, a virtual reality activation, red carpet experience and more as guests await results and updates.

But wait, there’s more:

  • Page will also join the party for an exclusive one-on-one interview about election 2016, followed by a panel chat with USA TODAY NETWORK Chief Content Officer Joanne Lipman, Community News VP Randy Lovely and West Coast editor Amalie Nash — formerly editor of the Des Moines Register during last year’s caucus season.
  • We’ll challenge guests to a game of political trivia, with prizes going to the most plugged in political aficionados.
  • A special performance from D.C.-based ska/soul ensemble The Pietasters.
  • Election-themed cocktails, including the Clintonic and Gin and the Mai Tai Interrupt You.
(Courtesy Pietasters)

More information and tickets: electionparty2016.usatoday.com.

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Liz Kelly Nelson
Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK

USA TODAY NETWORK evangelizer, First Amendment crusader, mom and voracious consumer of cultural ephemera.