Jessica Huseman Explained

Jessica Huseman is a journalist from Texas who is the editorial director of Votebeat, a nonprofit newsroom and Chalkbeat spin-off which devotes itself to election reporting.[1] [2] [3] Votebeat was initially formed as a short-term project to cover the 2020 US elections but is now a permanent newsroom covering elections and voting in Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Huseman was hired in January 2021.[4] Huseman's position involves shaping Votebeat's coverage area as well as fundraising.[5]

Early life and education

Huseman attended Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts, graduating in 2011 with degrees in journalism and political science.[6] She was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, The Daily Campus.[7] [8] When the school announced its plans to take control of student newspaper, moving it under the control of the journalism department, Huseman helped lead a campaign to try to let the paper maintain its independence.[9] [10]

She graduated with honors from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Stabile Fellow in Investigative Journalism.[11] She received the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship and the Fred M. Hechinger Award for Distinguished Education Reporting.

Career

She was the lead reporter at ProPublica's Electionland project, which gave newsrooms access to election data in real time.[12] [13] Electionland monitored the 2016 presidential election with a team of over 1000 people gathering voting reports from around the United States, concluding that there was no evidence that the election was rigged or that there was widespread voter fraud.[14] Huseman has been a frequent guest on CNN discussing election issues.[15] [16] Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Ms. Magazine and the Dallas Morning News.[17]

Huseman frequently uses social media to let people know about breaking news and events. Her tweets about topics such as the shutting down of SMU's student newspaper and severe turbulence on an American Airlines flight in 2017 received wide republication.[18] [19] [20] She was a high school history teacher in Newark, New Jersey and worked as an education reporter at The Teacher Project, reporting about America's teachers for Slate. While in graduate school in 2015, she was embedded in DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and covered the use of data in the classroom.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elizabeth Green clones her Chalkbeat model with Votebeat, a three-month pop-up newsroom covering the 2020 elections . Poynter . 2020-12-17 . 2021-03-20.
  2. Web site: Who We Are . Votebeat . 2021-02-11 . 2021-03-20.
  3. Web site: Harris . Lauren . Bridging gaps in year-round election coverage . Columbia Journalism Review . 2021-02-25 . 2021-03-20.
  4. Web site: Scire . Sarah . From "pop-up" to "pilot," Votebeat hopes to stick around until 2022 . Nieman Lab . 2021-01-03 . 2021-03-20.
  5. Web site: Mateos . Evelyn . Votebeat Covers Election Administration . Editor and Publisher . 2021-02-04 . 2021-03-20.
  6. Web site: Alumni - Journalism - Meadows School of the Arts . SMU . 2021-03-20.
  7. Web site: A parting word from the Editor-in-Chief . SMU Daily Campus – SMU's Student Newspaper . 2021-03-19 . 2021-03-20.
  8. Web site: Zweifler . Seth . Southern Methodist pulls story about transparency from newspaper's orientation issue . Student Press Law Center . 2011-06-09 . 2021-03-20.
  9. Web site: Branham . Dana . SMU alumni launch campaign to save independence of student newspaper . Dallas News . 2018-04-16 . 2021-03-20.
  10. Web site: What Happened To SMU's Student Newspaper? . Central Track . 2018-05-11 . 2021-03-20.
  11. Web site: Huseman . Jessica . Jessica Huseman . American Banker . 1970-01-01 . 2021-03-20.
  12. Web site: Jessica Huseman . ProPublica . 2017-01-29 . 2021-03-20.
  13. Web site: Voting Disputes Amount To Hundreds Of Lawsuits Before Election Day . NPR.org . 2020-10-10 . 2021-03-20.
  14. News: Huseman . Jessica . There's No Evidence Election was Rigged . 20 March 2021 . Independent Coast Observer . December 2, 2016.
  15. Web site: Stelter . Brian . Business . CNN . Voter suppression is the story that affects every other story . CNN . 2021-03-18 . 2021-03-20.
  16. Web site: People in Georgia waited 11 hours to vote . CNN . 2020-10-13 . 2021-03-20.
  17. Web site: Jessica Huseman . Education Writers Association . 2015-11-23 . 2021-03-20.
  18. Web site: Sara Smith . Nick Cohen,David Chang . 'Severe Turbulence' Experienced on Flight From Greece to Philadelphia, 10 Injured . NBC10 Philadelphia . 2017-08-05 . 2021-03-20.
  19. Web site: Orf . Darren . American Airlines Flight Hits Severe Turbulence, Ten People Injured . Popular Mechanics . 2018-02-15 . 2021-03-20.
  20. News: Tann . Robert . Opinion: Support for journalism starts with student news . 20 March 2021 . CU Independent . April 10, 2019.
  21. Web site: Staff 2015 – School Stories . School Stories – Education Reporting in NYC . 2021-03-20 . 2021-03-20.

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