In honor of the reporters all around the country who have risen to the challenges of Election Day and Election Night reporting, here’s a revisit of E&P’s October 2026 cover story.
This was a fascinating assignment to work on: to speak with newsrooms around the country — small to large, nonprofit to for-profit, whatever the platform — and learn about how they were preparing for and deploying on Election Day. I marveled at the meticulous planning that goes into this coverage, particularly for smaller outlets with just a few reporters tasked to this and so many other stories unfolding in their communities.
At the link, you’ll read about four of those newsrooms: Votebeat, The Daily Beast, The Associated Press and The Salt Lake Tribune.
