Tuesday, February 4, 2020

WaPo Unveils New Data-Driven Strategy For 2020 Coverage

The Washington Post Monday announced new data-driven initiatives to enhance its award-winning political reporting and analysis, giving readers the most comprehensive and insightful coverage of the 2020 presidential race. 

Working together, The Post’s politics and engineering teams will be rolling out features that will expand the breadth of reporting about voters across the country, give readers faster results on election nights and offer a clearer sense of how candidates are faring after the polls close and votes are being counted.

“The Washington Post has one of the most authoritative, well-sourced political teams in the country, and one of our driving values is ensuring readers have the information they want and can better help understand the country’s diverse and changing political landscape,” said Peter Wallsten, senior politics editor for The Washington Post. 

“These features are designed to do just that: Give our reporters new resources they can turn to for their reporting and provide our readers with the best possible experience on every election night between now and November.”

Post journalists now have access to a proprietary tip sheet that highlights newsworthy changes and trends in the electorate for every state. Generated automatically and updated monthly, the Lead Locator analyzes voter data across the country to pinpoint interesting or notable anomalies at the state and county level, giving reporters and editors a tool to use as they are planning their coverage during the campaign.

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