TAILIEUCHUNG - MEDIA + ELECTIONS - An Elections Reporting Handbook

There are many rumours about subjects being regarded as ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ and different people will have differing opinions on the matter. In general, subjects referred to as being ‘hard’ are more traditional and theoretical subjects, for example: English, History, Physics and Chemistry. In fact all the facilitating subjects listed earlier can be considered ‘hard’ with the addition of others such as Economics and Politics. | ELECTEES ES REPUBLiCA DEL ECUADOR TRIBUNAL SUPREMO ELECTORAL Elwcxxxn 24 de Novitfflbrc 2002 6Q EL VO TO SECRETO - media ELECTIONS An Elections Reporting Handbook by IMPACS Associate DnecuLLd IMPACS intem i n iIT3 Ross Howard media Xpert National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Howard Ross 1946- Media and Elections An Elections Reporting Handbook Ross Howard edited by Amanda Gibbs. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-9733391-1-X 1. Elections--Press coverage. 2. Reporters and reporting. 3. Journalism--Political aspects. 4. Mass media--Political aspects. 5. Press and politics. I. Gibbs Amanda 1970- II. Institute for Media Policy and Civil Society. III. Title. 200 49324 C2004-902794-8 2004 IMPACS - Institute for Media Policy and Civil Society Design and Production by Metaform Printing by Thunderbird Press 2 Preface 3 Introduction 4 Democracy and the media Four essential conditions No free press no democracy 7 Three elements of an election Parties and candidates Issues The voting process 8 Good journalism in election reporting Accuracy impartiality and responsibility Reliable journalism and democracy Contents 11 The election process The election laws The election commission The media as election watchdog What to watch for 14 Campaign strategies Party strategies Core votes and undecided voters Media strategies Handling soft news and avoiding manipulation 17 Covering campaigns The speech Popularity and opinion polls 20 A new way voters-voice reporting Thinking like a voter Other communities other voices Examples of voters-voice reporting 23 Interviewing politicians The questions to ask what how and why The preparation 25 Monitoring election reporting Media accountability 27 Campaign safety 28 Is my election story complete 29 Resources photo .

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