Public Engagement

Media Appearances

Interviews, commentary, and public engagement on local news, political polarization, and campaign strategy.

2025
These voters backed Trump in 2024 and Democrats in 2025. What will they do in 2026?
NBC News
Dec 5, 2025
IDJC launches Local NExT Lab to test ideas for strengthening local news
American Press Institute
Nov 7, 2025
Local media as connective tissue of communities
CBS News with Charles M. Blow
Oct 19, 2025
Does the decline of local news influence our politics?
Northwestern Local News Initiative
Aug 28, 2025
New York Times on voting patterns and 2024 election
New York Times
Jul 8, 2025
VOICES: Local journalism is our best defense against polarization
Dayton Daily News
Jul 3, 2025
Carnegie Reporter profile on local news research
Carnegie Corporation Reporter
Feb 11, 2025
The Metro: Political news and civic engagement
WDET Detroit (Radio)
Feb 6, 2025
2024
In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide
Local News Initiative / Northwestern
Dec 5, 2024
Field offices and campaign strategy
Good Authority
Nov 19, 2024
1 in 5 Americans get their news from social media influencers
CNBC
Nov 18, 2024
Extra time: Countdown to high-stakes showdown between Harris and Trump
WABC New York City (TV)
Sep 9, 2024
Why Local News Can Slow Polarization
Akron Roundtable / Ideastream Public Media (Video)
Jul 17, 2024
2023
Research Insights: How local news relates to voting patterns
Local News Initiative / Northwestern
Nov 16, 2023
How Opinion Journalism Can Slow Polarization
Harvard Shorenstein Center (Speaking Event)
Jan 17, 2023
2022
Climate concerns give national attention to Louisiana race
Associated Press
Dec 9, 2022
NICD Chat — Home Style Opinion
National Institute for Civil Discourse (Podcast)
Jan 24, 2022
How local news can ease polarization
What Works Podcast, Northeastern University
Jan 10, 2022
2021
Our radicalized republic
FiveThirtyEight
Jan 25, 2021
How do you get your news?
WWL Radio New Orleans
Nov 22, 2021
Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster
WRKF Baton Rouge (Radio)
Sep 17, 2021
Do you have confidence in our institutions?
WWL Radio New Orleans
Jul 26, 2021
How big is the American partisan divide?
WWL Radio New Orleans
Jul 5, 2021
What's happening to local news?
Indiana Public Radio (WFYI)
Jun 17, 2021
How coverage of extreme political views warps perceptions
Wisconsin Public Radio
Feb 25, 2021
Covid, polarizing politicians, and the cloning of Elizabeth Ann
Connecticut Public Radio
Feb 21, 2021
2020
Parler, Gab, and Rumble draw on 50 years of US partisan history
Quartz
Nov 19, 2020
COVID-19 is crushing newspapers, worsening hunger for accurate information
Stateline (Pew)
Sep 8, 2020
When winning is everything
MacLean's
Apr 1, 2020
What's a campaign without a rally? How coronavirus could alter the 2020 election
FiveThirtyEight
Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus roils 2020 race, forcing a virtual campaign season
Bloomberg
Mar 13, 2020
A teen 'influencer' on what it was like to work for the Bloomberg campaign
FiveThirtyEight
Mar 9, 2020
California delegate wave didn't quite break as expected
Associated Press
Mar 5, 2020
Election angst sparks massive activism among Democrats
MSNBC (TV)
Feb 18, 2020
You'll never know which candidate is electable
FiveThirtyEight
Feb 7, 2020
The delegate game: Math, timing, and how to win a nomination
Associated Press
Jan 31, 2020
Inside the field offices of the Iowa caucuses
FiveThirtyEight
Jan 27, 2020
2019
Nationalization, presidential politics, and the Iowa caucuses
Baton Rouge Press Club (Video)
Nov 4, 2019
Warren looks like front-runner after October debate
WWL Radio New Orleans
Oct 16, 2019
Impeachment takes 'oxygen out of the room' for 2020 Democrats
Bloomberg
Oct 3, 2019
2020 Democratic Steak Fry separates top-tier and rest of field
Bloomberg
Sep 21, 2019
The Ground Game: The Hidden Impact of Presidential Campaign Field Offices
PechaKucha 20x20 (Video)
Sep 7, 2019
No, Trump isn't Teflon. Scandals lower his approval among Republicans — if they see the news
Washington Post: Monkey Cage
Sep 10, 2019
The candidates who are going all in on Iowa or New Hampshire
FiveThirtyEight
May 23, 2019
2018 & Earlier
What you lose when you lose local news
High Country News
Dec 24, 2018
Political polarization increases after local newspapers close
Journalist's Resource
Nov 19, 2018
The 7 voter turnout questions that could decide the 2016 election
Vox
Nov 7, 2016
US Presidential Nominees clash in final presidential debate
ABC NewsRadio Australia
Oct 20, 2016
When campaigning, boots are cheaper than ads
Marketplace on NPR (Radio)
Feb 8, 2016