2020 Campaign: A News Cycle Unlike Any Other

摘要

If the year 2020 is any indication, the election this November will bring broadcast stations a share of challenges they've never experienced. Social-distancing restrictions, staff reductions, off-site productions and other constrictions will collide in the midst of an election season unlike any other. The twin events that have dominated 2020-the spread of the coronavirus and the civil uprising in cities across the nation-have compelled broadcasters to make quick changes, from the technology they use to the way they broadcast. And that includes the election itself. What with swirling concerns over mail-in ballots and claims of voter fraud, "I think it may be election week or election month," rather than the typical election night, said Sean McLaughlin, vice president of news for The E.W. Scripps Co. "So what that looks like impacts how you tell that story."