Making Politics Fun (October 27, 2000)
Politics can make for wonderful storytelling. And you don’t have to be Anonymous. Or resort to lightly veiled fiction. The elements of a good story are there. Interesting characters. Problems. Tension. And action leading to Election Day resolution.

And the Question Is? (October 19, 2000)
Reporters ask questions. All the time. But the question is, do they ask the right ones? Or the best ones? Of the candidates? Of themselves?

What Difference Does it Make? (October 10, 2000)
The question most often asked about citizen-based campaign coverage is whether the effort made a difference.

Covering Candidate Debates (October 3, 2000)
Candidate debates and forums provide an opportunity for citizens to see for themselves, to measure how well candidates respond to questions, to watch how they handle themselves in the give-and-take of a debate with an opponent, and to learn more than the soundbite, one-sentence quote, or 30-second spot allows about how they stand on issues.

Following the Money (September 12, 2000)
When reporters begin to map the flow of money through the campaign treasuries of elected officials, they can make a tremendous contribution to the way citizens understand the process of government.

Forming Partnerships & Alliances (August 31, 2000)
Most citizen-based election projects involve partnerships between print and broadcast news organizations that is carefully structured to allow each partner to retain editorial independence and control of its own campaign coverage.

Including Citizens (August 22, 2000)
The act of bringing citizens and their questions into the campaign coverage is empowering. When a citizen asks, or when a reporter asks a citizen's question, the candidates' answers tend to be more direct.

On the Campaign Trail (August 15, 2000)
Strategies that newspapers and television stations have used in a continuing effort to find the right balance between discussion of the issues and vote-generating tactics of the candidates.

Planning Your Campaign Coverage (August 8, 2000)
Conversations with editors, television producers, and news directors about what has and hasn’t worked for them produced one common piece of advice -- you can’t do enough planning. They also offered scores of ideas and suggestions, with the reminder that you can’t do it all. From their observations, we offer this list to help you plan your campaign coverage.

Packaging Politics: A Q&A with John King of CNN (August 7, 2000)
Reporting a story for print is quite similar to reporting a story for television, says John King, the CNN White House correspondent who wrote for the Associated Press before switching to television in 1997. (Molly Sinclair McCartney, Special to Poynter.org)

Not Ready for Primetime (August 3, 2000)
After watching the first night of online reporting from the GOP Convention I now know why the big TV networks have refused to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage. (Mike Wendland, Poynter Fellow)

Learning from Citizens (July 18, 2000)
News Organizations have long used public opinion polling to gauge who’s ahead in a campaign. The polls are popular with readers and viewers, who are intrigued by what other people think. And polls are popular with journalists — they offer hard numbers that reporters are comfortable using.

Polling: How it Works (July 18, 2000)
Using polls to help determine what voters are thinking.

Listening to Citizens (July 5, 2000)
Reporters know how to ask questions and get answers. Listening is something else again. Many reporters donŐt do it well. They are too anxious to get to the next question. They hear what they need for the story theyŐre working on, jot down the answer, and go on to the next source.

Everything You Need To Hit The Campaign Trail (July 5, 2000)
To listen to the pundits,, the November election can seem over even before the voting: the certainty with which they speak, the finality with which they dispatch one candidate or another based on the latest twist of fate or fortune. George W. Bush, apparently on the ropes during the McCain primary siege in some descriptions, now is described as "finding his stride" amid Gore's search for a new persona. (Rochelle Lewis Lavin, Poynter.org News Editor)