Presented By: Communication and Media
Unrigging the System: What News Organizations Can Do To Restore Faith In The Presidential Elections
Robert Yoon, Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism, Department of Communication Studies
There’s that old saying about the two things that no one should ever watch being made: sausages and laws. Elections in America can be just as stomach-turning.
The 2016 and 2018 elections reached an unprecedented level of messiness, and news outlets often fell short in organizing that mess for voters. Political journalist Robert Yoon will reveal some little-known realities behind how elections are run in America and discuss ways that news organizations could improve their coverage with the goal of beginning to restore public faith in a vital democratic institution.
The 2016 and 2018 elections reached an unprecedented level of messiness, and news outlets often fell short in organizing that mess for voters. Political journalist Robert Yoon will reveal some little-known realities behind how elections are run in America and discuss ways that news organizations could improve their coverage with the goal of beginning to restore public faith in a vital democratic institution.
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