NPR Sets Election Coverage

Midterms

NPR has announced its special coverage of the midterm elections on radio, podcasts, and online.

Radio coverage will begin at 8p (ET) on ELECTION DAY (11/6) with hosts including AILSA CHANG, ARI SHAPIRO, MICHEL MARTIN, SAM SANDERS, and SARAH MCCAMMON, plus analysis from the NPR POLITICS team including National Political Correspondent MARA LIASSON, Senior Editor and Correspondent RON ELVING, Lead Politics Editor DOMENICO MONTANARO, White House Correspondent TAMARA KEITH, Congressional Correspondent SCOTT DETROW and KELSEY SNELL, and political reporters TIM MAK and JESSICA TAYLOR; demographics and exit poll analysis from Political Correspondent ASMA KHALID; gender and politics analysis from Political Reporter DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN; and voting and election security analysis from Political Reporter MILES PARKS.

In addition, "THE POLITICS SHOW FROM NPR," the weekly special launched on SEPTEMBER 14th, will run through NOVEMBER 9th.

NPR is also taking some of its shows on the road, with MORNING EDITION already having sent STEVE INSKEEP to KENTUCKY and DAVID GREENE to CALIFORNIA and sending RACHEL MARTIN to TEXAS on FRIDAY (10/26) and NOEL KING to MINNESOTA on NOVEMBER 1st.  ALL THINGS CONSIDERED's AILSA CHANG visited PHOENIX earlier this month, and ARI SHAPIRO will head to MICHIGAN FRIDAY, while MARY LOUISE KELLY will broadcast from ATLANTA on NOVEMBER 1st and MICHEL MARTIN will take WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED to PHILADELPHIA this weekend.  And HERE AND NOW's JEREMY HOBSON did a week from PASADENA two weeks ago and ROBIN YOUNG will be in TALLAHASEE TOMORROW and THURSDAY.

Digital coverage will include real-time election results in partnership with AP, plus a live blog covering the races.  NPR, with PBS NEWS HOUR and MARIST COLLEGE, will release a poll on FRIDAY (10/26) as well.

And special episodes of NPR podcasts will include STORY CORPS' "One Small Step" initiative, extra editions of "NPR POLITICS," GEORGIA gubernatorial candidate STACEY ABRAMS on "IT'S BEEN A MINUTE," and others.

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