Midterm Essentials: Election Issues Local Broadcast Journalists Should Know

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Midterm Essentials: Election Issues Local Broadcast Journalists Should Know

This is a free self-directed online course for journalists who want to more meaningfully cover key issues — including climate change and the economy — facing citizens as they vote in the 2022 midterm elections.

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Overview

  • Ask more informed questions and demand more solid answers about five complex issues facing voters.
  • Deepen your knowledge about immigration, the economy, health care, climate change and disinformation.
  • Complete this online course on your own time, from wherever you are.

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Learning Outcomes

  • Describe five key issues surrounding the midterm elections and communicate what’s at stake for voters
  • Analyze the veracity and impact of candidates’ talking points and policy proposals
  • Develop skills to detect political disinformation
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Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $0.00.

Overview

  • Ask more informed questions and demand more solid answers about five complex issues facing voters.
  • Deepen your knowledge about immigration, the economy, health care, climate change and disinformation.
  • Complete this online course on your own time, from wherever you are.

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The goal of this online, expert-led and practical training is simple: We want to help journalists ask more informed questions and demand more solid answers about five complex issues facing America in the 2022 midterm election cycle.

Our experts will teach journalists the essential insights they have to know to effectively cover climate change, inflation and the economy, health care and drug costs, immigration, campaign finance, guns and gun control, and disinformation.

Our teaching team includes a top expert on health care who testifies before Congress, a Pulitzer Prize-winning immigration reporter and a climate expert from Climate Central. These won’t be stale lectures but instead will be tailored to journalists seeking context and clarity on behalf of their communities.

More than ever, this training is vital for busy, resource-strapped journalists who might otherwise settle for campaign talking points, allow candidates to talk in rhetorical circles or amplify common falsehoods online.

Tuition is covered by a grant to Poynter and MediaWise from the Google News Initiative. The funder has no influence over the content of the seminar or the faculty. The non-partisan workshop is produced by Poynter’s senior faculty Al Tompkins who has five decades of journalism experience and is a key instructor for Poynter’s digital literacy program.

This online training is adapted from the in-person workshop Poynter held in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Aug. 2, 2022.

Questions?

If you need assistance, email us at info@poynter.org.

This self-directed course was released in September 2022 and was adapted from a live teaching held in August 2022. All learning material is available upon enrollment and can be accessed at your own pace, on your own time, from wherever you have internet.

Who should enroll

This course was originally intended for local TV journalists in battleground states. The material is applicable to any journalist covering the midterm elections or online misinformation.

Cost

This self-directed course is free.

Instructors

Lead Faculty

  • Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty, Broadcast and Online
    Al Tompkins
    Al Tompkins is the former senior faculty for broadcasting and online. He has taught thousands of journalists, journalism students and educators in newsrooms around the...
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Guest Faculty

  • Cardiff Garcia
    Co-founder, Bazaar Audio
    Cardiff Garcia, Co-founder of Bazaar Audio, has reported for the Financial Times and National Public Radio’s Planet Money. He has appeared as an expert commentator...
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  • Molly O’Toole
    Immigration and Security Reporter, Los Angeles Times
    Molly O’Toole is a Pulitzer Prize winning immigration and security reporter for the Los Angeles Times. based in the Los Angeles Times’ Washington, D.C., bureau....
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  • John Morales
    Hurricane Specialist at NBC6 in Miami, Florida
    John Morales is the longest tenured broadcast meteorologist in South Florida, serving as a reassuring television presence for nearly three decades. His tropical weather acumen and steadfast...
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