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Civic News Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Carrie Levine as the new editor-in-chief of Votebeat, its nonprofit newsroom dedicated to election administration coverage.
Levine, who has been serving as interim editor-in-chief and previously as managing editor, steps into the role at a pivotal time, as interest in democracy and elections continues to grow nationwide.
In her new position, Levine will oversee Votebeat’s reporting teams across five key states — Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin — as well as its national reporting. Her leadership will guide the newsroom’s efforts to provide in-depth, nonpartisan reporting on how our democracy actually works, ensuring communities understand how elections are administered and crucially, the pressures to change those processes and their effects.
Levine brings a wealth of experience to the role. Before joining Votebeat, she was a senior reporter at the Center for Public Integrity, where she covered voting access, campaign finance, and political influence. Her investigative work has shed light on the complexities of election systems and the challenges they face.
Prior to that, she served as research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonpartisan watchdog group. Her journalism career also includes reporting and editing roles at Legal Times, the National Law Journal, and the Charlotte Observer.
“Carrie’s promotion to Editor-in-Chief is a testament to her exceptional leadership and deep commitment to our mission,” said Shani O. Hilton, editor-in-chief of Civic News Company. “Her experience and vision are exactly what Votebeat needs as we navigate this critical election cycle and continue to serve our communities with trustworthy journalism.”
“I’m honored and very excited at the opportunity to lead Votebeat’s coverage going forward,” Levine said. “Everyone on our staff is committed to journalism that meets the highest standard of excellence while helping the public with compelling, urgent insight into elections. That mission has never been more important.”
This appointment underscores Civic News Company’s dedication to rebuilding trust in journalism through rigorous, nonpartisan reporting that empowers citizens to understand and improve how their communities work.
About Votebeat
Votebeat is a nonprofit newsroom committed to nonpartisan, objective reporting on elections and voting access, and the forces and factors that shape how our democracy works.
Our approach is to cover and explain the increasingly challenged process of voting — not political polls, candidate platforms, or Election Day results. Instead, we focus on how elections are run, from early and mail-in voting to voter registration and election security. Because we believe that elections are fundamentally a local issue, our coverage is rooted in local communities.
We report from and about five states: Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin, and are a Civic News Company newsroom.
