The US Presidential Election Reporting Seminar is a 12-day professional study and reporting tour designed for working print, broadcast, and online journalists. This special seminar enables participating journalists to report before, during, and after the US presidential election from key states in the American electoral system. Coordinated meetings and visits will provide journalists with an extensive knowledge and understanding of the US election process, policy issues, and American voter attitudes, thereby enhancing a journalist’s coverage of the US presidential elections to audiences back home.

The program maximizes East-West Center’s experience in designing media programs and unique access to important organizations and constituencies. Benefits to journalists are:

• Enhanced knowledge regarding the presidential election in the United States gained through discussions with government and political party officials, business leaders, academics, journalists, community activists and voters from a range of diverse constituencies. Emphasis will be placed on:
  • US electoral process including the complex electoral college and primary system;
  • evolution of the two major political parties and their bases of voter support;
  • policy issues such as the domestic economy, globalization and international trade, foreign engagement, immigration, growing economic inequality, social change, and racial and religious identity;
  • impact of the election on the above policy issues as well as on foreign policy priorities with those countries represented by the participating journalists.

• Access to key constituencies, the election process and US political parties, via observance of the vote counting process, political campaigning practices and attendance at election night result parties at local Republican and Democratic headquarters, as public health policies allow.
• Informed understanding of the American public through interactive dialogue with local communities via panel discussions, student forums, and host family dinners.
• Development of reliable professional and personal information networks upon which participants can draw throughout their career.

Eligibility: Mid-career journalists from any country with at least five years or more of media experience. Media professionals from print, broadcast and online news organizations, including reporters, writers, editors, producers, columnists, editorial writers, and bloggers are eligible to apply. Freelancers are also eligible, but must clearly indicate how they intend to distribute stories generated as a result of the seminar. Fluency in English is required.

2020 US Presidential Election Reporting Seminar

Tampa, FL; Lansing, MI; Washington, DC

2016 US Presidential Election Reporting Seminar

Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, OH; Washington, DC

The US Presidential Election Reporting Seminar is a 12-day professional study and reporting tour designed for working print, broadcast, and online journalists. This special seminar enables participating journalists to report before, during, and after the US presidential election from key states in the American electoral system. Coordinated meetings and visits will provide journalists with an extensive knowledge and understanding of the US election process, policy issues, and American voter attitudes, thereby enhancing a journalist’s coverage of the US presidential elections to audiences back home.

The program maximizes East-West Center’s experience in designing media programs and unique access to important organizations and constituencies. Benefits to journalists are:

• Enhanced knowledge regarding the presidential election in the United States gained through discussions with government and political party officials, business leaders, academics, journalists, community activists and voters from a range of diverse constituencies. Emphasis will be placed on:
  • US electoral process including the complex electoral college and primary system;
  • evolution of the two major political parties and their bases of voter support;
  • policy issues such as the domestic economy, globalization and international trade, foreign engagement, immigration, growing economic inequality, social change, and racial and religious identity;
  • impact of the election on the above policy issues as well as on foreign policy priorities with those countries represented by the participating journalists.

• Access to key constituencies, the election process and US political parties, via observance of the vote counting process, political campaigning practices and attendance at election night result parties at local Republican and Democratic headquarters, as public health policies allow.
• Informed understanding of the American public through interactive dialogue with local communities via panel discussions, student forums, and host family dinners.
• Development of reliable professional and personal information networks upon which participants can draw throughout their career.

Eligibility: Mid-career journalists from any country with at least five years or more of media experience. Media professionals from print, broadcast and online news organizations, including reporters, writers, editors, producers, columnists, editorial writers, and bloggers are eligible to apply. Freelancers are also eligible, but must clearly indicate how they intend to distribute stories generated as a result of the seminar. Fluency in English is required.

2020 US Presidential Election Reporting Seminar

Tampa, FL; Lansing, MI; Washington, DC

2016 US Presidential Election Reporting Seminar

Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, OH; Washington, DC