How the 2020 election sparked a new kind of journalism An oral history of Votebeat, the pop-up newsroom focused on how elections work. October 21, 2021 Michael Falero
Arizona cannot decertify the 2020 presidential election Arizona state officials certified the results of the presidential election on Nov. 30 showing that Joe Biden won Arizona. September 30, 2021 Amy Sherman
Trump said Biden ‘lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.’ But that’s not what it found. The review found that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in Maricopa County by about 45,000 votes, virtually the same as the county’s official canvass. September 29, 2021 Amy Sherman
Why Arizona Republicans are auditing election results Findings of the audit will not result in changing the outcome of the election won by President Joe Biden because the results were already certified. May 6, 2021 Amy Sherman
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s film is ‘not intended to be taken as fact’ The documentary repeats multiple falsehoods debunked by fact-checkers, including about voting machines, foreign interference and dead voters. February 8, 2021 Noah Y. Kim
What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories The new member of Congress is under intense scrutiny from her own party for promoting conspiracy theories and comments supporting violence. February 3, 2021 Daniel Funke
Unity, hope and history on newspaper front pages after Biden’s inauguration Some also led with the history made by Vice President Kamala Harris January 21, 2021 Kristen Hare
Trump ends his term as president with half of his campaign promises unachieved About a quarter of campaign promises were fulfilled, about a quarter he compromised, and about half he did not achieve. January 20, 2021 Jon Greenberg
Most news industry workers believe polls are overused and unreliable, Medill survey finds ‘People feel like there are too many polls. But are news organizations going to reduce their polling? Probably not,’ the survey’s conductor said. January 19, 2021 Mark Jacob
‘We are all dizzy at this moment’ — How the media is keeping pace in these unprecedented times Think of all that has happened over the past year. A pandemic. A reckoning over race. A hotly contested election. And now, two impeachments. January 14, 2021 Tom Jones
Facebook has banned QAnon, but false claims connected to the conspiracy are still circulating on the platform ahead of Inauguration Day Many false posts make claims about President Trump imposing martial law or invoking the Insurrection Act to prevent Joe Biden from taking office. January 14, 2021 Daniel Funke
It’s only Jan. 13 and this already feels like a long year Joe Biden’s inauguration is exactly one week away, but the country remains as divided and as on edge as ever. And the next week could make it worse. January 13, 2021 Tom Jones
Telling it like it is: When writing news requires a distance from neutrality Examining an astonishing four paragraphs published in The Washington Post about the Capitol attack that push the boundaries of traditional neutrality. January 13, 2021 Roy Peter Clark
Expelling, censuring, and reprimanding members of Congress: What you need to know Calls are increasing on Capitol Hill to punish lawmakers who may have encouraged efforts to stop the counting of the electoral votes on Jan. 6. January 12, 2021 Louis Jacobson
The news is almost too depressing to watch These are horrific times for our country, but also a moment in which the media has shined. The reporting over the past week has been superb. January 12, 2021 Tom Jones
