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Complicating the Narrative

Now is the time to examine how you can lessen polarization: What framing and messaging are you putting out there and what questions are you asking to bring more nuance to the stories. Consider whether you are falling down the rabbit hole of blue vs. red thinking and how you can serve your audiences better. Here are some tools to help you through this process. 

22 Questions that ‘Complicate the Narrative’ - SJN

Solutions Journalism Network brought together journalists and conflict mediators to help journalists to ask more curious questions — and listen for more honest answers. Use the list to counter confirmation bias and revive complexity. 

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Recount or Audit? What’s Happening on the Ground in Georgia - Bipartisan Policy

Hand recounts are not permitted by Georgia law. But the public seems to be demanding one. Moreover, the state was already planning to conduct a risk-limiting audit to verify the accuracy of the results. So, audit or recount? Here’s what’s happening.

Ossoff, Warnock start Georgia runoffs behind the eight ball - Politico
The last time a Georgia Senate race went to a runoff, in 2008, Republican Saxby Chambliss crushed Democrat Jim Martin by 15 percentage points — just a month after he only edged Martin by 3 points in the Obama-fueled November election. Both parties are mobilizing for a two-month sprint that will focus the entire political world on Georgia and easily cost more than $100 million. But the odds are stacked against Democrats: The runoff system itself is a relic of the Jim Crow era, when the white majority wanted to prevent candidates from winning with a plurality of the vote.

Political Polling Once Again Under Microscope - VOA News
In 2016, the pre-election polls of individual states were off quite a bit, showing Democrat Hillary Clinton ahead of Republican Donald Trump in key states that Trump eventually won. Pollsters failed to adequately account for education levels and underestimated Trump’s support among whites without a college education. Pollsters acknowledged the shortcomings and said they adjusted how they weigh education levels for the 2020 election. But there appears to have been a similar undercount of Trump supporters during the run-up to the latest election.

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Thanks to generous support from our funders, we've matched 39 fellows to support 20 newsrooms in battleground states. Check out the great work they're doing. 

The complex significance of Mark Robinson’s historic win for NC - Kristen Johnson for The Charlotte Post

How Oregon and Washington young voters stepped up in the 2020 election - Hanna Merzbach for KGW

Detroit Area Hospitals Reinstate Visitor Guidelines, Beaumont Joins COVID-19 Vaccine Trial - Alex McLenon for WDET

Here's how Wisconsin certifies votes for final election results -- and how to verify that your in-person vote was counted - Noha Dolby for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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