Evidence-based 2026 election coverage: A toolkit for journalists
A toolkit with scientific evidence and expert insights to fortify your 2026 election year reporting.
SciLine offers these reporting resources to help journalists step back from political back-and-forth and show voters what evidence-based research can tell us about the biggest issues at stake in the midterm elections.
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Election administration
Covering Election Day disruptions
How journalists can evaluate claims of election fraud
The many barriers young adults must overcome to vote: A research-based reporting guide
What’s normal and what isn’t on Election Day and beyond
What research tells us about voter fraud
Dr. Marisa Abrajano: Latino voters and election misinformation
Voting by mail: What journalists need to know
When redistricting becomes gerrymandering: An evidence-based guide for journalists
Voting Machines: What journalists need to know
Policy priorities
Paths for lowering U.S. prescription drug prices: An evidence-based guide for journalists
Resources for covering fuel prices in your community
Resources to help you cover data centers in your community
Housing affordability: What journalists covering the 2026 U.S. midterm elections need to know
Flock license plate readers and community surveillance
Before, during, and after a wildfire: deepen your reporting using scientific research
Understanding the housing affordability crisis
Covering abortion pills with scientific evidence
Science essentials for midterm election reporting
What journalists need to know about a proposal to overhaul federal science funding
Property taxes and public education: An evidence-based reporting guide
Dr. Tom Seng: Fluctuating gas prices
Dr. Ryan Allen: Immigrants’ role in local and state economies
Data center planning: municipal, utility, and community considerations
Dr. Erin Baker: Implications of federal pullback on renewable energy
Local implications of data center growth
Best practices for reporting on vaccines
About this series
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