Manila, 16 October—The first elections I covered with Research were actually midterm ones, in 2007. At the time, my main assignment was to storify embargoed election-related survey stories, which were at the time covered by an exclusive first-print-rights arrangement between SWS and Inquirer. It was an insane time, but I honestly thought it was quite exciting. With the amount of data gathering that was required, I figured this was where Research as a unit could really serve the paper the most—by collating, preparing and providing context and data ahead of time, in hopes of contributing to voter education, all that jazz.
the circus
the circus
the circus
Manila, 16 October—The first elections I covered with Research were actually midterm ones, in 2007. At the time, my main assignment was to storify embargoed election-related survey stories, which were at the time covered by an exclusive first-print-rights arrangement between SWS and Inquirer. It was an insane time, but I honestly thought it was quite exciting. With the amount of data gathering that was required, I figured this was where Research as a unit could really serve the paper the most—by collating, preparing and providing context and data ahead of time, in hopes of contributing to voter education, all that jazz.