Trusting News is offering free coaching to help journalists and newsrooms through Election Day
Apply now: Get free, one-on-one help with your election coverage
For journalists and newsrooms who could use support with a specific part of your election coverage, Trusting News is offering quick one-on-one coaching for journalists and newsrooms.
The purpose of this coaching is to be efficient and helpful, meaning we’ll adapt it to be as quick and informal as you need.
Here are some ideas of what our team can help you with:
- Reaching people who are avoiding political news
- Widening your audience
- Addressing the perception of biased coverage
- Getting sources and politicians to talk to you
- Handling misinformation and disinformation
- Responding to comments and criticism
- Prioritizing coverage decisions
- Differentiating your coverage from overall frustration with political news and politics in general
We invite individual journalists (freelancers, too!), newsroom teams or newsroom management to sign up.
Fill out this brief form to let us know why you’re getting in touch, and our team will reach out within a couple of days to schedule a call and pass along resources (from Trusting News and other support organizations).
Looking for more quick election support? Register for Trusting News’ training series where we’ll walk you through tangible, last-minute strategies to help you navigate coverage of the 2024 election — like how to reach beyond political junkies and bring your reporting receipts to be seen as a fair, credible source.
Free election trainings from Trusting News
Trusting News is hosting a series of election trainings focused on quick, actionable steps journalists can actually DO ahead of the 2024 election to help coverage feel credible and accessible to a larger audience.
Read more about the trainings and register here.
New resource: Election Trust Kit
Trusting News also launched a new resource, Election Trust Kit, that walks journalists through strategies and ideas for how to craft election coverage that resonates as fair, even-handed and reliable — across the political spectrum.
Check out the Trust Kit here.
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