| Day
1 |
Session
I |
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Introduction
of Topic and Participants |
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Deciding
Whom You Are Writing For |
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Deciding
Who Controls the Issue Agenda |
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Steps
in Organizing Pre-Election and Election Coverage |
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Outlining
the Issues |
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Marshaling
Resources |
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Staff
Training |
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Doing
Background Work |
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| Day
1 |
Session II |
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Special
Issues in Pre-Election Coverage
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Doing
Background Checks on Candidates |
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Examining
Past Voting History |
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Monitoring
Campaign Contributions |
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Monitoring
Advertisements |
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In
Terms of Accuracy |
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To
Identify Candidate Strategies |
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Presentation
of Pre-Election Stories |
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Building
Election Guides |
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Providing
Registration Assistance |
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Providing
Voting Assistance |
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| Day
1 |
Session
III |
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Planning
Post-Election Coverage |
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Telling
Not Only Who Won But Why |
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Discussing
Policy Implications of Vote Outcome |
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Examining
Election Difficulties |
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Examining
Election Fraud |
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Ethics
and Election Coverage |
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| Day
1 |
Session
IV |
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Learning
About Audience Needs and Concerns
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Conversations
Within Newsroom |
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Review
Past Coverage |
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Conversations
With Family and Friends |
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Talking
With Other Citizens |
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Using
Focus Groups |
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Using
Poll Data |
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| Day
2 |
Session
I |
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Legal
Issues in Covering Election |
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| Day
2 |
Session
II |
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Evaluating
Poll Data
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Possible
Problems with Sampling |
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Possible
Problems with Question Wording |
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Understanding
the Basics of Sampling |
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Defining
The Population |
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Understanding
Sample Selection |
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Probability |
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Non-Probability
Sampling |
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| Day
2 |
Session
III |
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Interpreting
Sample Statistics
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Using
Sample Error |
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Interpreting
Change Across Time |
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Interpreting
Differences Between Groups |
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Understanding
Issues of Measurement Error |
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Examining
Question Wording |
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| Day
2 |
Session
IV |
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Using
the AP Check List For Evaluating Polls
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Summary
of Workshop Discussions |
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Evaluation
and Presentation of Closing Session |
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