Polling in a pandemic: the ideal methodology
The coronavirus has upended nearly every aspect of the U.S. presidential election. Deputy Managing Editor David Scott explains how AP VoteCast — the news cooperative’s election survey, which debuted in 2018 — uses the ideal methodology to conduct accurate research about the electorate in all 50 states during a pandemic:
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AP’s top editor: It’s our role to factually report election results
In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Executive Editor Sally Buzbee explained why the public can trust The Associated Press to accurately deliver the results of the U.S. presidential election in November.
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Doubling down on voting rights coverage
In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Deputy Managing Editor for U.S. News Noreen Gillespie outlined a new collaboration with the Carnegie Corporation of New York that will bolster AP’s coverage of voting rights issues ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election:
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New AP series takes pulse of disrupted electorate
A new data-driven AP series will examine the state of the American electorate as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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Andale Gross named head of Race and Ethnicity team
Deputy Managing Editor for U.S. News Noreen Gillespie and Josh Hoffner, news editor for national beats, announced a key appointment on Monday, sending this memo to staff: