Media Appearances

Interviews, commentary, and public engagement

2025

These voters backed Trump in 2024 and Democrats in 2025. What will they do in 2026?
NBC News
December 5, 2025
IDJC launches Local NExT Lab to test ideas for strengthening local news
American Press Institute
November 7, 2025
Local media as connective tissue of communities
CBS News with Charles M. Blow
October 19, 2025
Does the decline of local news influence our politics?
Northwestern Local News Initiative
August 28, 2025
New York Times on voting patterns and 2024 election
New York Times
July 8, 2025
VOICES: Local journalism is our best defense against polarization
Dayton Daily News
July 3, 2025
The Metro: Political news and civic engagement
WDET Detroit (Radio)
February 6, 2025
Carnegie Reporter profile on local news research
Carnegie Corporation Reporter
February 11, 2025

2024

In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide
Local News Initiative/Northwestern
December 5, 2024
Field offices and campaign strategy
Good Authority
November 19, 2024
1 in 5 Americans get their news from social media influencers
CNBC
November 18, 2024
Extra time: Countdown to high-stakes showdown between Harris and Trump
WABC New York City (TV)
September 9, 2024
Why Local News Can Slow Polarization
Akron Roundtable/Ideastream Public Media (Video)
July 17, 2024

2023

Research Insights: How local news relates to voting patterns
Local News Initiative/Northwestern
November 16, 2023
How Opinion Journalism Can Slow Polarization
Harvard Shorenstein Center (Speaking Event)
January 17, 2023

2022

Climate concerns give national attention to Louisiana race
Associated Press
December 9, 2022
How do you get your news?
WWL Radio New Orleans
November 22, 2021
Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster
WRKF Baton Rouge (Radio)
September 17, 2021
Do you have confidence in our institutions?
WWL Radio New Orleans
July 26, 2021
How big is the American partisan divide?
WWL Radio New Orleans
July 5, 2021
What's happening to local news?
Indiana Public Radio (WFYI)
June 17, 2021
Covid, polarizing politicians, and the cloning of Elizabeth Ann
Connecticut Public Radio
February 21, 2021
How coverage of extreme political views warps perceptions
Wisconsin Public Radio
February 25, 2021
NICD Chat - Home Style Opinion
National Institute for Civil Discourse (Podcast)
January 24, 2022
How local news can ease polarization
What Works Podcast, Northeastern University
January 10, 2022

2020

Our radicalized republic
FiveThirtyEight
January 25, 2021
Parler, Gab, and Rumble draw on 50 years of US partisan history
Quartz
November 19, 2020
COVID-19 is crushing newspapers, worsening hunger for accurate information
Stateline (Pew)
September 8, 2020
When winning is everything
MacLean's
April 1, 2020
What's a campaign without a rally? How coronavirus could alter the 2020 election
FiveThirtyEight
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus roils 2020 race, forcing a virtual campaign season
Bloomberg
March 13, 2020
A teen 'influencer' on what it was like to work for the Bloomberg campaign
FiveThirtyEight
March 9, 2020
California delegate wave didn't quite break as expected
Associated Press
March 5, 2020
Election angst sparks massive activism among Democrats
MSNBC (TV)
February 18, 2020
You'll never know which candidate is electable
FiveThirtyEight
February 7, 2020
The delegate game: Math, timing, and how to win a nomination
Associated Press
January 31, 2020
Inside the field offices of the Iowa caucuses
FiveThirtyEight
January 27, 2020

2019

Nationalization, presidential politics, and the Iowa caucuses
Baton Rouge Press Club (Video)
November 4, 2019
Warren looks like front-runner after October debate
WWL Radio New Orleans
October 16, 2019
Impeachment takes 'oxygen out of the room' for 2020 Democrats
Bloomberg
October 3, 2019
2020 Democratic Steak Fry separates top-tier and rest of field
Bloomberg
September 21, 2019
The Ground Game: The Hidden Impact of Presidential Campaign Field Offices
PechaKucha 20x20 (Video)
September 7, 2019
No, Trump isn't Teflon. Scandals lower his approval among Republicans — if they see the news
Washington Post: Monkey Cage
September 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
December 24, 2018
Political polarization increases after local newspapers close
Journalist's Resource
November 19, 2018
The 7 voter turnout questions that could decide the 2016 election
Vox
November 7, 2016
US Presidential Nominees clash in final presidential debate
ABC NewsRadio Australia
October 20, 2016
When campaigning, boots are cheaper than ads
Marketplace on NPR (Radio)
February 8, 2016