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The following information was provided in a blog article about the collaboration by Lauren Easton, vice president of corporate communications for the Associated Press:
With support from the Google News Initiative, The Associated Press will offer nonprofit newsrooms that are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News, such as Winchester News, access to U.S. and state election results as part of the organizations’ shared commitment to providing facts around the democratic process.
AP will provide ready-to-publish graphics of both election results and AP VoteCast survey data to qualifying INN nonprofit news organizations during the general election.
The graphics will be offered to hundreds of INN member newsrooms with the ability to serve their audiences with AP’s comprehensive and accurate tabulation of election results – from the race for the White House to every race for state legislatures nationwide, as well as ballot questions.
“One of the goals I had when starting Winchester News with my co-founders was to help create an informed electorate,” said Winchester News Group President Tara Hughes. “We are slowly moving in that direction. But I am grateful to the AP for providing local news rooms with the opportunity to present state and national election results to their readers, yet another way to stay politically informed.”
Winchester residents can view national and Massachusetts election and ballot question results here, or click on the Election 2024 banner on the homepage.
“It’s essential that we do all we can to combat elections-related misinformation for the good of the American democracy,” said David Scott, AP vice president and head of news strategy and operations. “By making sure more nonprofit newsrooms can access AP’s gold standard election results, we are helping ensure the facts about how Americans have voted reach as many people as possible.”
This benefit is limited to the 90% of INN members that have revenue of $5 million or less. All members of the INN Network are vetted for their commitment to journalism excellence, nonpartisanship, editorial independence and financial transparency.
“The Google News Initiative is proud to support this initiative with The Associated Press and INN, so that they can bring authoritative and timely election results to nonprofit organizations, helping to keep communities informed and ensuring that people have access to accurate information,” said Sharen Phillips, director of global news partnerships at Google.
The AP-INN collaboration is funded by the GNI.
For nationwide results, visit the AP elections page here.
The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.
Winchester News editor Nell Escobar Coakley contributed to this report.
