Student Election Night Coverage on PBS39

The student-run two-hour live broadcast from Farinon covered all of the US national elections and aired on PBS39 to 6.5 million potential viewers in PA and NJ. Students from multiple majors delivered the results and provided up to the minute analysis and commentary. The broadcast also featured video essays, short segments about politics and policy from the perspectives of first time voters.

 

First Vote in a Polarized Age

More than 120 students contributed to the live production at Lafayette’s Farinon College Center. These included students enrolled in courses such as the policy studies leadership course, two first year seminars on the media, a geology class on Geographic Information Systems, and a first year seminar on polling. Students from various majors spent the semester analyzing and researching the presidential, Congressional, and state races, and learned the elements that go into producing a live broadcast from staff at PBS39.