CCTV Center for Media & Democracy Participates in Democracy Day
CCTV Center for Media and Democracy on September 13 at 1 p.m. hosts a panel of local community thought leaders on the state of local democracy and their experiences navigating the policital system and working for social and political change.
International Day of Democracy Panel 09/13/2024
This program and the articles below are part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. To learn more, visit usdemocracyday.org.
Estan reportajes forma parte del Día de la Democracia en Estados Unidos, una colaboración a escala nacional que se celebra el 15 de septiembre, Día Internacional de la Democracia, en la que las salas de redacción informan sobre el proceso democrático y las amenazas que se ciernen sobre la democracia. Para más información, visite usdemocracyday.org
- Barn Raiser: The Dark Money Defunding Rural Schools
- Barn Raiser: Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands
- Genorocity: Disillusioned, but not defeated: What young adults are looking for this election
- Media and Democracy Project: Op-ed: What Journalism Is ....
- PublicSource: Divided on abortion, inflation and immigration, Pittsburgh suburbs could swing 2024 presidential race
- Public Source: On prices, production and employment, campaigns offer wildly different takes. Here are the facts for the Pittsburgh area.
- San Francisco Public Press: Merchants Oppose Ballot Measure to Turn Great Highway Into Park
- San Francisco Public Press: SF Lawmaker Faces Growing Backlash for Supporting Great Highway Closure
- San Francisco Public Press: Why Do Governments Keep Information From the Public? A Veteran Journalist Weighs In
- Spotlight Delaware: Delaware Explained: How to Vote
- The Border Chronicle: The Authoritarian Playbook: Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is targeting border nonprofits to swing the November election to Trump and authoritarianism
- The Utah Daily Chronicle + Amplify Utah: Utah Legislature Puts Initiative Changes on November Ballot
- The Utah Statesman + Amplify Utah: Trump vs Harris on higher education
The award-winning investigative journalism project Carnegie Knight-News21 produced "Fractured" collaboratively by 29 top-tier student journalists, "Fractured" explores the state of American democracy in 2024, a polarized election year with rampant disinformation, election denialism, and voter intimidation. You can find the full list of News21 stories below.- In private meetings and public town halls, Republicans and Democrats work to restore voter trust and faith in democracy (2,712 words, abridged version available)
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America confronts election intimidation as political violence surges (3,488 words, abridged version available)
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Hero or villain? Experts and voters consider Trump’s lasting impact on democracy (2,956 words, abridged version available)
- ‘The most horrible day’: Those at the Capitol on Jan. 6 carry scars, shame, satisfaction (2,200 words)
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This will not be tolerated’: Americans grapple with AI’s influence on elections (2,794 words, abridged version available)
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“We need to speak out and speak loud”: People of color battle targeted disinformation (1,956 words, abridged version available)
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As civic knowledge declines, programs work to engage young people in democracy (2,576 words, abridged version available)
- ‘The war is in the South’: Alabama illustrates America’s ongoing fight for voting rights (2,150 words, abridged version available)
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Advocates work to ensure citizens not fluent in English have equal access to elections (2,655 words, abridged version available)
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American-ish Samoa: Debate persists over rights denied to millions from U.S. territories (3,100 words, abridged version available)
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Native Americans fight barriers to voting, 100 years after they were granted citizenship (2,419 words, abridged version available)