October was a busy month for our newsroom.
On October 17th, communities across Northeast B.C. went to the polls for the municipal election. A week later, voters headed back to the polls for the provincial election.
Our team at Moose Media and Energeticcity.ca worked to keep people informed through both campaigns, from information about candidates and advance voting to results on election night.
I’m proud of the work our team put into this coverage, and I want to thank everyone who followed along.
Following the municipal election across Northeast B.C.
Our election forum tool let residents choose their community, pick a topic, or search a keyword, then jump straight to that part of a local forum.
Results were grouped by candidate, so readers could compare what different candidates said about the same issue and watch their answers in the original video. They could also watch the full forum.
From September 1 to November 4, the tool recorded 469 video requests and 260 filter uses.
We covered the municipal election in communities across Northeast B.C., and on election night, readers turned to Energeticcity.ca for the results.
Our municipal election live blog received 13,836 views. Our Fort St. John results story received 1,867 views, while the Dawson Creek results story received 1,511 views.
Our municipal election videos were also watched more than 104,000 times across Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
Provincial coverage in the Peace
The following weekend, our attention turned to the provincial election and the races in Peace River North and Peace River South.
Readers came to us for information before voting and for updates as the campaign unfolded. Our Peace River North candidates page received 3,826 views, and our story on advance voting locations received more than 2,000 views.
Our provincial election videos were watched nearly 75,000 times across Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
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You can customize notifications for breaking news and other updates that matter to you. The app also includes local weather, events, road closures and interactive content.
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Thank you for following along
Covering one election takes a lot of work. Covering two in consecutive weeks takes even more.
Thank you to our newsroom and everyone at Moose Media who helped make this coverage possible. And thank you to the readers and viewers who came to us for information.
We know people have choices about where they get their news. We appreciate you choosing to spend time with us, and we’ll continue to follow the decisions made by the people elected to represent Northeast B.C.
