The Election Project
The Election Project is a coordinated reporting initiative between The Media Center, the School of Journalism and Media, and the Baker School for Public Policy and Public Affairs.
Students and professional journalists will be reporting on the 2024 election, focusing specifically on how the election is understood by and affects younger voters. Not only is this an opportunity for students to cover the 2024 general election, but to educate audiences—including the student population on campus—on civics topics related to elections (e.g. voting, the Electoral College, polling).
Voting Matters Live Election Day Special
Coverage from The Volunteer Channel
Coverage from The Daily Beacon
The Daily Beacon Election Special Issue
- How UT students tackle inflation in the grocery store, offer solutions, alternatives
- First-time voters: How UT students are engaging in the 2024 election
- War, trade, immigration: Where Trump, Harris stand on foreign policy issues
- From the eyes of ‘outside spectators’: International students on American politics
More Coverage from The Daily Beacon
Listen and Learn
Letter from the Managing Editor
Shifting Voting Blocks
How historically Democratic, Republican communities have shifted political identities
More Election Project news
- Letter from the Editor: Navigating a presidential election through the lens of a college newsroom
- Covering the presidential debate: Here’s what UT students are concerned about
- People over Politics: Congressman Tim Burchett pauses congressional fundraising efforts, encourages donations to Hurricane Helene relief
- How to Register: The ins and outs of student registration
- Baker Lecture Series
- Economy in focus: Are the economic plans and promises of the current presidential candidates attainable?
- Vols face Gators in different kind of competition, motivating students to register to vote
Reporting on the 2024 Presidential Campaign with Context
Understanding history is critical to reporting on present-day events. Journalism and Media Professor Amber Roessner provides insights on how to use historical methods to inform your political reporting.
Journalism and Media student work
Social journalism
Students in Assistant Professor Mustafa Oz’s senior-level social journalism course will be creating a Gen Z Voter Guide for distribution on social media, including Instagram, TikTok, and X.
Multimedia reporting
Students in numerous sections of multimedia reporting will be doing reporting assignments connected to the elections. Some of these assignments include voter and candidate profiles, explainers, and Election Day breaking news coverage.
Preparing for the Polls: a UT Students Guide to Voting
Students from outside of Knoxville determine where they’ll cast their vote for upcoming electionUniversity of Tennessee’s Voter Registration Event Draws a Long Line of Students
For Tennessee’s Youngest Delegate to the DNC, The Future Looks Bright and Blue
Tennessee’s DeKalb County to Vote on $65 Million Bond for Judicial Center