Avoiding or Learning From Rookie Mistakes as a Journalist Covering a Campaign >230 views | May 8, 2023 | UChicago Institute of Politics The campaign trail can be grueling. Hear from veteran reporters – and the practitioners who have worked with them – on how to avoid mistakes, stay healthy and sane, and maintain momentum in the fast-paced world of presidential election campaigns.
Featuring: Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times; Kaitlan Collins, CNN; Lis Smith, political strategist; Priscilla Thompson, NBC News
About the 2024 Campaign Journalism Conference: With races for control of Congress and the White House and statehouses on the horizon, the nonpartisan University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP) and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard put together the 2024 Campaign Journalism Conference, an intensive two-day boot camp to equip journalists with practical tools to cover increasingly more complex local and national elections. >watched this yesterday...Lis...
