Jessica Huseman

Editorial Director

Jessica Huseman was previously the lead elections reporter for ProPublica, and helped manage the Electionland project for three federal election cycles, sharing information and tips with hundreds of newsrooms across the United States. She is an award-winning educator, and has taught at Columbia Journalism School, New York University, and wrote a high school investigative journalism curriculum in use by more than 200 high schools. Jessica is a graduate of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she graduated with honors.

Election Misinformation

Election officials know real problems supercharge baseless allegations. They need to address them.

Problems around the country sparked questions about elections this year, and some officials handled them better than others.

Jessica Huseman

| December 4

Voting Access

A Mississippi voting meltdown deserves more attention than it’s getting

Voting rights in less competitive states aren’t in the spotlight, and those voters deserve answers

Jessica Huseman

| November 13

Voter Registration & Rolls

In Virginia, yet another attempt at cleaning voter rolls goes badly wrong

Elected officials keep trying to remove eligible voters based on flawed data.

Jessica Huseman

| November 6

Election Security

What it takes for a democracy to thrive, according to a new MacArthur genius

The MacArthur Foundation chose Bassin as a genius grant recipient. He hopes the attention boosts his mission.

Jessica Huseman

| October 21

Hand Counting Ballots

The drive to hand count ballots is growing. The GOP could stop it.

Here are the consequences when Republican activists in Texas, California, Arizona, and elsewhere push local officials to ditch machines and count ballots by hand.

Jessica Huseman

| October 16