Recommended Readings for Panel
On Political Reporting, Nov. 29, 2023

Dan Froomkin: Covering the campaign “on the eve of a chaos election:”

https://presswatchers.org/2023/08/a-desperate-appeal-to-newsroom-leaders-on-the-eve-of-a-chaos-election/ 

Marty Baron: What he means by “objective” coverage:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/24/journalism-objectivity-trump-misinformation-marty-baron/ 

Jay Rosen: Journalists should be “pro-democracy,” “pro-truth”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/media/jay-rosen-reliable-sources-political-coverage-democracy/index.html 

Marvin Kalb: “Don’t do live interviews”

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-roadmap-for-tv-coverage-of-the-2024-presidential-campaign/ 

Margaret Sullivan: Don’t be “mired in the washed-up practices of an earlier era.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/trump-biden-mainstream-politics-news-coverage 

Denise-Marie Ordway: Research on the negative impact of horse-race coverage

https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/horse-race-reporting-election/ 

Jack Shafer: Defending horse race coverage

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/09/why-horse-race-political-journalism-awesome-223867/ 

Susan Page: Combat falsehoods with a “truth sandwich”

https://nationalpress.org/topic/susan-pages-five-lessons-for-journalists/