Reporting Elections, Safety and Security of Journalists • The personalities and the programmes Covering elections - a toolbox checklist: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 12 A skills and knowledge audit. A comprehensive plan, including a pre-campaign, a campaign, voting and post-balloting coverage plan. A vote and political mapping exercise. A refresher course on reporting elections (based on the skills and knowledge audit exercise). Safety and Security guidelines. Journalism professional code of conduct (ethics). Fact sheets on the contesting parties and leading personalities. Political maps (country, province, district, constituency, ward). Delimitation reports and demographic profiles. A bio/factsheet on voting systems (PR/ FPTP). Package of laws/legislation governing the elections. Manifestos, constitutions, code of conduct, and factsheets on major policies, programmes and plans. Lists of candidates, short biographies and photos of key managers. Comprehensive contact list of key personnel/ spokespersons. Statistics about resources, staffing, membership, budgets. Major policy statements and or planned organisational reforms. History of major programmes. Position papers on major issues and external relations. https://zimbabwe.misa.org