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1. Swing States Project

   ‘Resetting’ The Plain Dealer

   November 27, 2012 06:50 AM

   OHIO — The frenzy of presidential candidates and entourages overrunning the Buckeye State is history, but questions about how Ohio’s largest newspaper will cover future political campaigns loom large. Managers of The Plain Dealer of Cleveland—the 19th largest newspaper... Continue reading

2. Swing States Project

   An Ohio election special causes controversy

   November 8, 2012 03:12 PM

   OHIO — A controversial election eve special that aired twice Monday night on the local ABC affiliate in Columbus triggered a wave of criticism on social media, prompting one local anchor to launch her own Twitter defense. And because the... Continue reading

3. Swing States Project

   Election Day worries in Ohio

   November 6, 2012 07:13 PM

   OHIO — The fun never stops here in Battleground Ohio. Just when reporters thought they had seen the last of the presidential candidates, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and Vice President Joe Biden couldn’t resist one last stop in Cleveland on... Continue reading

4. Swing States Project

   Getting ready for ballot battles in Ohio

   November 3, 2012 11:45 AM

   OHIO — No disrespect to other swing states, but the pivotal one on the majority of pundits’ lips and in the presidential candidates’ eyes in the waning days of the election is the Buckeye State. President Obama will stop in... Continue reading

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   In Ohio, campaign coverage is anti-social

   October 25, 2012 03:00 PM

   OHIO — Anyone even remotely plugged into the 21st century is well aware that the presidential campaigns, and to a lesser extent down-ballot races, have embraced social media to reach potential voters. This development has not gone unnoticed by journalists.... Continue reading

6. Swing States Project

   As ads flood Ohio House race, will coverage keep up?

   October 12, 2012 03:14 PM

   OHIO — The donnybrook in northeast Ohio between two Congressional incumbents grappling to keep their jobs has become a leading electoral battleground and one of the most expensive House races in the nation. The contest is between Democrat Betty Sutton... Continue reading

7. Swing States Project

   How to cover the horse race?

   October 5, 2012 03:00 PM

   OHIO — With just a month to go before the election, the presidential campaigns are in the homestretch, an apt label for the horse-race mentality that dominates the media’s coverage of these events. It’s a frame that frequently comes in... Continue reading

8. Swing States Project

   As campaigns cross Ohio, Romney stops to talk

   September 28, 2012 06:50 AM

   OHIO — Both presidential campaigns spent some of this week crawling across the Buckeye State, at one point campaigning within 25 miles of each other in northern Ohio as the press gave chase. But amidst the hubbub, two local papers—The... Continue reading

9. Swing States Project

   In Ohio, barbs traded on China trade

   September 20, 2012 11:00 AM

   OHIO — President Obama came back to the Buckeye State Monday for his 12th visit this year just as his administration announced it was filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China for subsidizing the auto parts that... Continue reading

10. Swing States Project

    ProPublica ‘pull[s] back the curtain’

    September 11, 2012 11:15 AM

    OHIO — Shadowy outside groups dropping cash into political races has been a recurrent theme this year in Ohio, as in other swing states. On Friday, ProPublica’s Justin Elliott “pull[ed] back the curtain a bit,” as Elliott put... Continue reading

11. Swing States Project

    A reporter in Ohio goes on the attack over drones

    September 7, 2012 03:00 PM

    OHIO — While it’s rare for a local television reporter to score a one-on-one interview with the president of the United States, the opportunity does arise in the heat of the campaign season. And a Cincinnati TV reporter this week... Continue reading

12. Swing States Project

    Kasich, out of context

    September 4, 2012 12:26 AM

    OHIO — A side story with an Ohio connection at last week’s GOP convention set off a brief crossfire in the political blogosphere—but even as the tempest was spurred by some slipshod online coverage, one of the state’s leading newspapers... Continue reading

13. Swing States Project

    Covering Romney in Ohio’s coal country

    August 17, 2012 06:50 AM

    OHIO — When Mitt Romney’s campaign bus rolled into the tiny Appalachian town of Beallsville in the eastern part of the state on Tuesday, the talking point of the moment was the nation’s energy agenda. The coal mining burg is... Continue reading

14. Swing States Project

    In Ohio, misleading messages about military voting

    August 9, 2012 03:30 PM

    OHIO — The heat of the rhetoric tossed around by the presidential campaigns here seems to be perfectly in tune with summer’s Dog Days. One particular story in the Buckeye State that has garnered statewide and national <a... Continue reading

15. Swing States Project

    For Obama in Ohio, a mix of substance and pageantry

    August 3, 2012 03:00 PM

    OHIO — These days there’s no danger of an Ohio news editor barking at a political reporter for hanging around the office too much. With President Obama making his ninth stop in the Buckeye State Wednesday, and Mitt Romney coming... Continue reading

16. Swing States Project

    What to remember about the ‘war over women’

    July 27, 2012 07:40 AM

    OHIO — Both presidential campaigns this week made one thing clear—they’re intent on wooing this state’s women voters. First Lady Michelle Obama made two appearances on Tuesday, first in the Columbus suburb of Westerville and later in Dayton, and more... Continue reading

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    Cincinnati Enquirer unpacks campaign claims

    July 18, 2012 03:00 PM

    OHIO — The drumbeat of political ads and campaign claims and counter-claims continues to grow louder in the Buckeye State—and will no doubt grow louder still before Election Day. On Monday, President Obama made his ninth Ohio stop this year,... Continue reading

18. Swing States Project

    Explaining how Ohio ‘really works’

    June 25, 2012 11:00 AM

    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,... Continue reading

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    How the duel for Ohio played in the Buckeye State

    June 15, 2012 03:27 PM

    OHIO — The hype was heavy. Media outlets, locally and nationally, couldn’t resist billing Thursday’s speeches in the Buckeye State by President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his GOP opponent, as a “duel.” The Washington Post, <a href=http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/06/14/155039301/obama-romney-duel-on-economy-in-ohio-the-state-that-could-decide-it-all... Continue reading

20. Swing States Project

    In Ohio, the money-in-politics story is rich

    June 13, 2012 11:00 AM

    OHIO — The money being thrown at political campaigns and advertising here in Ohio is coming so fast and furious it’s hard to keep track—a plus, perhaps, in the minds of many of the benefactors. So it was good to... Continue reading

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