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On election day 2018 I put my stake in the ground for a shift in campaign coverage. The citizens agenda model starts by asking the people you plan to inform: what do you want the candidates to be discussing as they compete for votes? pressthink.org/2018/11/electi… I return with news. 1/
Over the weekend, David M. Perry @Lollardfish took this approach to covering @amyklobuchar's announcement event psmag.com/news/meeting-k… for @PacificStand magazine. "What do you want the candidates to be discussing as they compete for your vote?" he asked people. 2/
Today came word of a second example. @city_bureau and @AustinWeeklyChi teamed up to take a citizens agenda approach to local elections in Chicago. 3/
It may seem simple to the point of obvious, but "what do you want the candidates to be discussing as they compete for votes?" is a potent alternative to the horse race model. Armed with good answers to that question, you can redraw coverage around what matters most to voters. 4/
Here's my recent thread on why campaign journalism in 2020 could be worse than 2016 if there is no search for creative alternatives to the 'GameDay'-style coverage we see every four years. twitter.com/i/moments/1084… The citizens agenda is one such alternative. We'll need others. 5/
