ICYMI, there's an election happening in the U.S. this week! šš On Tuesday, newsrooms all over the country will be open late, pulling together local election coverage to the smells of garlic, cheese and pepperoni thanks to the glories of election night pizza.
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āIf there is anything we can do to help your newsroom use CrowdTangle for Midterms coverage, please let us know! We'll be available all week on our support channels for any questions you have on how to use CT to monitor the election on social. In the meantime, we've put together numerous CrowdTangle resources to help with coverage. Check 'em out below and happy voting.
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MIDTERMS RESOURCES (Besides Pizza)
Full Playbook: Using CrowdTangle to cover elections
Explore Lists: We've pre-built several lists for the 2018 Midterms, including Political Pundits, Candidates, District Races and more on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To locate these lists, go to Explore > Search "Midterms" > Lists will appear.
Live Display: Voting in 2018 Midterms
Live Display: Midterm Topics + IssuesĀ
Live Display: Midterm Candidates on Facebook & Several More in the Live Display section of your CrowdTangle dashboards!Ā
TIP OF THE WEEKĀ
Create a Custom Live Display for your local election. Here's our guide, How To Create and Edit Live Displays. And here are some ideas for what streams to pull into the display:
Local Journalists
Local NewsĀ
National NewsĀ
Local Government Agencies
Local CandidatesĀ
Influencers + BusinessesĀ
Voting Keyword Saved Searches x Local ListsĀ
Issue Keyword Saved Searched x Local ListsĀ
Share photos with us of CrowdTangle Live Displays up in your newsroom and we'll send you some CT swag.Ā
Hereās some of what weāre tracking in the Midterms Voting live display we built across FB, TW, Reddit + Instagram:
voter suppression, disenfranchisement, long lines, broken machine, voter fraud, electioneering, vote, voting, redistricting, voter registration, exit poll, register to vote, election day, vote.org, absentee ballot, where to vote, voters, voter guide, November 6, Nov. 6, election day, get out the vote
And then weāre using Advanced Search to sort the search terms by the following CT Lists:
U.S. News
Political Pundits
Midterm Candidates
Journalists
Government Agencies
Elected Officials
Colleges + College Newspapers
Celebs + Influencers
Ā š OVERPERFORMER OF THE WEEK š
š® This Miami Herald Facebook post featuring Obama and tacos was a top overperformer on FB in the last 7 days for local news posts mentioning the keywords, "vote, midterms." The story includes a former president enjoying Miami eats with diners and has embeds of social posts from bystanders, which makes it an ideal local story for Miami Herald's Facebook community.Ā
š@ FACEBOOK šĀ
FB's Advertising Transparency and Authenticity Efforts: FB launched a report in the U.S. that provides aggregated insights about ads relating to politics and issues of national importance housed in the Ad Archive that will be refreshed on a weekly basis. Promoted News will be excluded from this report. More info available in this post.
NEW & IMPROVED EXPLORE SECTION
šµļøWe are excited to announce that we've given Explore a makeover! Explore is a way to easily find 2,700+ pre-built lists and saved searches that exist on CT, now better tailored to your region and the topics you care about. We are constantly updating these lists to reflect what is going on in the world, and now they will auto-update everywhere when a change is made. We're also empowering Account Owners with the tools necessary to efficiently create and update custom lists that can be dynamically shared across entire accounts. For more information, check out our resource page.Ā
We've also launched new Explore lists for underrepresented communities, such as LGBTQ advocacy organizations, para-athletes, and veterans groups.Ā
LAST THING
This article from the New York Times on how tech writer Kevin Roose is spotting disinformation online during the Midterms. CrowdTangle gets a shout-out, "Recently, Iāve also been spending a lot of time on CrowdTangle, a tool that allows you to see whatās spreading rapidly across Facebook at any given moment. I have a series of dashboards set up that allow me to monitor thousands of Facebook pages on different topics and see which false claims are being shared by which people and pages."
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Have a great week!
Amber