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Ballotpedia's CEO Leslie Graves with PBS/WNET's Preserving Democracy
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Preserving Democracy is a multi-platform public media initiative produced by The WNET Group, a nonprofit public media producer based in New York, New York.[1] According to its website, "The initiative supports, coordinates, and disseminates innovative reporting from public media across all platforms on a national level, tracking efforts both to limit and to protect voter participation at all levels of government."[2]
From November 2023 to November 2024, Ballotpedia’s founder and CEO, Leslie Graves, contributed a monthly column, The Pathfinder, to PBS/WNET’s Preserving Democracy initiative. WNET is the flagship public television network of the New York City tri-state area and the most-watched public television channel in the nation. It reaches millions of people with programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the day's news and politics, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites people of all ages to have fun while learning.
The Pathfinder is a monthly column written by Leslie Graves, founder of Ballotpedia, for Preserving Democracy. Exploring topics vital to our understanding of American civics and Democracy. The Pathfinder attempts to cut through the noise of political journalism while exploring issues of vital importance to the American voter. Link to all Pathfinder columns
Why ‘The Pathfinder’? What do you hope people gain from this column?
Leslie Graves: Fans of Andy Weir’s 2011 novel “The Martian” will understand the significance of “Pathfinder” as a name for this column. In the story, finding, rebooting, and using the Mars Pathfinder probe was crucial to the protagonist restoring communication with Earth. While my column won’t be searching for extraterrestrial life, it will take readers on a mission of discovery into our nation’s civic life. Together, we will explore how our democracy works, its challenges, and how some propose to improve it. October, 2023
The Pathfinder - A New Monthly Column from Ballotpedia's Founder and CEO, Leslie Graves
November 2023
The Pathfinder: The Election Timing, Voter turnout Conundrum
December, 2023
The Pathfinder: Ranked-Choice Voting Coming to More Stateside Ballots in 2024
January, 2024
The Pathfinder: How Big A Role Should Government Play in Daily Life
February, 2024
The Pathfinder: The Ballot Information Problem
March, 2024
The Pathfinder: An Important Form of Direct Democracy
April/May, 2024
Pathfinder: The Argument for Slow Voting (Slow Down and Savor Voting)
June, 2024
Pathfinder: How Voters Can Regain Agency in our Two-Party System
July, 2024
The Pathfinder: Getting to Work
August, 2024
September, 2024
The Pathfinder: Let's Talk Politics
October, 2024
The Pathfinder: Our American Elections Mosaic
November, 2024
The Pathfinder: Let History Be a Guide
December, 2024
The Pathfinder: Is There A New Media
In December 2024, The PBS/WNET "Preserving Democracy" program lost funding. While still online, it is no longer taking new content. Leslie's final column was not published.
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