New York Times overhauls its presidential endorsement process

The New York Occasions’s editorial board is veering sharply away from its traditional closed-door endorsement course of for Democratic presidential aspirants, conducting interviews with the 2020 Democratic contenders on the document and airing elements of the discussions — along with the board’s last determination — on its FX present, “The Weekly.”

“For the first time, interviews with the editorial board will be filmed, and portions may be broadcast as a part of a particular episode for the Occasions’ new documentary collection The Weekly,” deputy editorial web page editor Kathleen Kingsbury wrote in a pitch to a presidential marketing campaign, based on an e mail obtained by POLITICO. An official from a second campaign confirmed also receiving the Occasions's pitch.

“The present may also function the editorial board’s deliberations, and the final determination on whom the board chooses to endorse can be revealed on tv,” Kingsbury added.

Kingsbury and representatives from the Occasions weren't instantly obtainable for comment.

The Occasions’s choice to provide viewers a glimpse into the process is a break with the historically back-room proceedings and demonstrates how the paper is increasingly adding a television element to showcase its journalism.

As an example, Sunday night time’s episode of “The Weekly” coated the Occasions’s investigation into claims of a secret trove of Jeffrey Epstein info, a story that appeared online and in a special section of that morning’s print version.

The Occasions has also been incorporating video in new methods this cycle, resembling its reporters’ putting the same 18 questions to 21 Democratic contenders earlier this yr.

In her pitch to the campaigns, Kingsbury stated the Occasions believes “that placing these interviews on the report is a public service to our readers” and “provides voters insight into the standards — expertise, character, information of issues — that inform our endorsements, in addition to permits us to showcase the analysis and reporting that direct the endorsement course of.”

These deliberations this cycle won't embrace the paper’s editorial page editor. James Bennet, who assumed that position in 2016, has recused himself from 2020 opinion protection whereas his brother, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, is within the presidential race.

The Occasions plans to make its Democratic endorsement earlier than the 2020 Iowa Caucus, as it did in 2016 when backing Hillary Clinton. The 90-minute candidate interviews are expected to begin Monday and proceed by way of Dec. 17.

Article originally revealed on POLITICO Magazine

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