"Covering elections is not just coverage of one “grand event,” and training must reflect that. Short-term training just in advance of election day has been mostly discounted as ineffective. More must be done to cast elections as part of a critical on-going political process and to equip journalists to understand, monitor, and report about that. Training journalists to cover elections must be paired with other legal and election infrastructure reform if meaningful change is the goal. International donors could have great influence by pushing harder for formation of election commissions with actual clout in countries where they work and for clear election laws, especially campaign finance transparency laws. Framing and passage of laws to protect journalists who cover politics also should be on donors’ agendas." (Conclusions, page 27)