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1. Swing States Project

   Navigating voter guides in North Carolina

   November 5, 2012 06:49 AM

   NORTH CAROLINA — For many normal people—that is, people who take their ballot seriously but don’t obsess over every twist and turn in a grueling months-long political campaign—the printed voter guides provided by newspapers have long been a civic good,... Continue reading

2. Swing States Project

   Protecting the polls in North Carolina

   October 2, 2012 11:00 AM

   NORTH CAROLINA — While North Carolina may not be “that important to the electoral math” of the presidential race, according to the New York Times’s Nate Silver, this state is seeing its share of battles in the so-called voting... Continue reading

3. Swing States Project

   At home with the PPL in Charlotte

   September 7, 2012 12:07 PM

   CHARLOTTE — On the top floor of Packard Place, a 1920s-era building five blocks from the site of the Democratic convention that has been reinvented as a hub for entrepreneurs, Politico set up its Charlotte home. There were shiny lounges,... Continue reading

4. Swing States Project

   Democratic convention swag: Who’s paying?

   September 5, 2012 03:20 PM

   CHARLOTTE — In the spirit of CJR’s 2008 list of swag from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, below is an inventory of the freebies found in the tote bag given to credentialed media at the... Continue reading

5. Swing States Project

   Oft-kicked Charlotte kicks off right

   September 4, 2012 04:00 PM

   CHARLOTTE — This wasn’t the plan. Just about ten weeks ago, the Democratic National Convention organizers still planned to kick off in Charlotte with a Labor Day party for the public at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is really in... Continue reading

6. Swing States Project

   Following up on a promise of jobs

   August 29, 2012 03:00 PM

   NORTH CAROLINA — Kudos to the scrappy little Salisbury Post in Salisbury, North Carolina, for its story Sunday detailing the hard realities for some manufacturing workers in the nearby town of Cleveland (population almost 900). The Post story,... Continue reading

7. Behind the News

   The Red and Black debacle

   August 19, 2012 07:40 AM

   Mid-week at the University of Georgia at Athens, where I went to undergraduate journalism school, a group of top editors of the independent student news organization The Red and Black walked off the job and created an <a... Continue reading

8. Swing States Project

   Estimating crowds: size matters

   August 14, 2012 11:11 AM

   NORTH CAROLINA — The day after Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick, the two traveled here for a couple of campaign stops, drawing decent crowds. How decent? That’s a good question. John Frank... Continue reading

9. Swing States Project

   Defining ‘open and accessible’ in Charlotte

   August 10, 2012 06:50 AM

   In a special package looking ahead to the Democratic convention next month, Politico published an Aug. 2 opinion piece by Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in which the chair of the Democratic National Committee reiterated the party line for the... Continue reading

10. Swing States Project

    Big ad spending, little press scrutiny

    July 30, 2012 04:55 PM

    NORTH CAROLINA — It’s hotter than usual in North Carolina this summer. And much of the heat is coming from the high-intensity air war being waged here, with presidential campaign ad spending surpassing $20 million as of July 22 in... Continue reading

11. Swing States Project

    An indictment in North Carolina

    July 19, 2012 03:00 PM

    NORTH CAROLINA — In August 2011, the nonprofit site NC Policy Watch published a lengthy, damning investigative report about Stephen LaRoque, a state legislator from Kinston, in the rural eastern part of this state. The account, by a... Continue reading

12. Swing States Project

    A state C-SPAN in North Carolina?

    July 6, 2012 11:18 AM

    NORTH CAROLINA — When the North Carolina General Assembly reaches its frenetic final days in session, news organizations traditionally feel the strain of too much to cover in too little time. As this summer’s “short session” concluded, legislators tackled issues... Continue reading

13. Swing States Project

    A ‘conversation convener’ in Charlotte

    June 7, 2012 02:50 PM

    During the somewhat less frantic months of the presidential campaign season—between the primaries and the nominating conventions—the Swing States Project will feature occasional profiles of people we’re calling, for lack of a better phrase, discourse leaders. These are people in... Continue reading

14. Swing States Project

    Debating Amendment One in North Carolina

    May 16, 2012 03:30 PM

    NORTH CAROLINA — Last week, North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment One to the state constitution, defining marriage as between one man and one woman only. The May 8 vote—coming a day before President Obama’s declaration of support for gay... Continue reading

15. Swing States Project

    Reporting on the hand that feeds

    May 8, 2012 11:30 AM

    NORTH CAROLINA—On April 27, the Federal Communications Commission made what CJR called “a good step toward transparency in the realm of money and politics” by ruling that local TV stations must move online their paper data on... Continue reading

16. Swing States Project

    In a Social Campaign, What Role for the Press?

    April 23, 2012 04:05 PM

    NORTH CAROLINA — Eight years since Howard Dean’s presidential run took the country by storm, how are the Internet and social media shaping the 2012 campaigns? How are campaigns and their supporters exploiting the latest advances—and what challenges do these... Continue reading

17. Swing States Project

    When Ads Blur the Truth, Will Coverage Fight Back?

    April 19, 2012 01:35 PM

    NORTH CAROLINA — With the 2012 campaign coverage beginning in earnest, journalistic fact-checking efforts are getting underway in this key swing state. This week, The News & Observer of Raleigh announced the launch of a new fact-check blog... Continue reading

18. Swing States Project

    Charlotte Journalists Tell Their City’s Story

    April 13, 2012 02:20 PM

    NORTH CAROLINA — Here in Charlotte, the longtime second fiddle of the New South, the idea of conflict is a little foreign. Local self-narratives cherish the ideal of a cooperative, civil society. So as the city prepares for its star... Continue reading

19. Swing States Project

    Filling the Gaps in the Tar Heel State

    April 6, 2012 09:47 AM

    NORTH CAROLINA — In August 2010, Sarah Ovaska took a big chance. Ovaska, a city hall reporter at The News & Observer in Raleigh, had always planned for a career in newspapers. But the economic reality surrounding her pointed to... Continue reading

20. Swing States Project

    Southern Polls: Going Beyond Hillbillies

    March 15, 2012 12:54 PM

    NORTH CAROLINA — It’s still early in this election season, but the tired trope of how ignorant folks are down South has already appeared, prompted by a poll ahead of the recent Mississippi and Alabama GOP primaries—and it’s been accompanied... Continue reading

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