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Democracy SOS is a network that curates initiatives, training and resources so media professionals can adjust, improve and re-imagine how they serve and empower the electorate. It includes a reporting timeline with key resources from around the field along with key programs from a variety of providers.
This tool from the nonpartisan States United Democracy Center tracks known election-deniers in the Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin legislatures.
This visual tracker uses a variety of factors to evaluate the current level of threat to American democracy. Users can compare the U.S.'s threat level to other countries, and view how it's changed since the tracker began in 2017.
This nonpartisan group produces extensive research about authoritarianism and democracy, including an extensive "Authoritarian Playbook" to help journalists identify aspiring authoritarians and report on them. They also have a number of experts in topics like fair elections, threats to democracy, misinformation and political violence.
This project produced by Hearken and Howard University's Center for Journalism & Democracy offers a number of evergreen resources for journalists covering elections and democratic backsliding. They include guides to covering topics like misinformation, election security and authoritarianism, as well as best practices for interviewing and civic engagement.
This resources from the nonpartisan group Protect Democracy and the SNF Agora Institute breaks American democracy down into eight categories (elections, freedom of expression, equality before the law, to name a few) and calculates the effect of political violence on each.
This tool from the nonpartisan States United Democracy Center tracks election deniers who hold federal or state offices across the country, as well as those who are on the ballot in 2024.