Road to the Capitol: How Local Newsrooms Can Access Free C-SPAN Video Coverage for Campaign 2026

Join C-SPAN to learn about Road to the Capitol: Candidate Coverage from the Trail, a new national initiative that will provide local, nonprofit, and independent news organizations with free access to on-the-ground video coverage of competitive U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial races during the 2026 midterms elections.

Through this first-of-its-kind video partnership model, C-SPAN is deploying multimedia journalists to key battleground states and sharing full event recordings, clips, and transcripts at no cost with participating newsrooms. Learn how your organization can access and use this content to expand election coverage, inform voters, and strengthen local reporting throughout the 2026 campaign season.

Who should attend: Nonprofit news organizations interested in enhancing their 2026 election coverage, particularly those serving communities in states where C-SPAN will be providing on-the-ground reporting this summer and fall, including Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas.

Speakers:

Greta Brawner is an executive producer and a C-SPAN host, anchoring the network’s flagship program the “Washington Journal” – a live, national, call-in program where viewers talk directly to elected officials, policymakers, and journalists covering national policy debates. Behind the camera, Brawner leads a team of producers focused on public affairs and politics programming. For the 2026 cycle, she leads the editorial team for C-SPAN’s Road to the Capitol: Candidate Coverage from the Trail.

Heather Date is Chief of Staff and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at C-SPAN, where she partners with executive leadership on organizational planning and special projects. She previously spent more than a decade at University of Maryland Global Campus, most recently as Vice President for Communications and Engagement. Earlier in her career, she held roles at CNN, Hill & Knowlton, and George Washington University, where she managed the university’s partnership with CNN and served as senior producer of the public television series, The Kalb Report.