Recent Coverage of our Projects
Future Of Good - “Deep canvassing: How an Innovative American Door-Knocking Method is Invigorating Canadian Environmental Campaigns” - On how Neighbors United and Alberta Talks are using deep canvassing in their fight to end tax breaks to oil and gas companies in Canada.
The New Yorker - “What Conversation Can Do For Us”
Anand Giridharadas - “The Persuaders: At The Front Lines Of The Fight For Hearts, Minds, And Democracy” - Giridharadas dedicates the final chapter of his book to the methodology of deep canvassing and work our team has led and supported.
David McRaney - “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion” - McRaney’s book about when and why people change their minds features deep canvassing and projects our team helped lead at the LA LGBT Center’s Leadership LAB.
Yes! Magazine - “How Outreach and Deep Canvassing Can Change Rural Politics” - On the work we’ve supported at Down Home North Carolina and People’s Action and how Down Home has grown and built it to create change.
The New York Times - “A New Strategy to Persuade Voters: Listen Carefully. And Don’t Hurry.” - On the work we supported at Take Action Minnesota and People’s Action to engage conflicted voter’s around Minneapolis’ Question 4 Policing Charter Amendment.
The “How to Save a Planet” Podcast shares our advice on having tough conversations with friends and family about climate change.
Rolling Stone - “The Best Way to Defeat Trumpism? Talk Less, Listen More” - On our work with People’s Action on the 2020 Defeat Trump Persuasion Project
Christian Science Monitor - “A Moment in the US for Deep Listening”
NPR’s The Takeaway - Ella and Steve talk with Amy Walter about Deep Canvassing - (at 36 min 50 sec into the show) - On NCI’s work with People’s Action to persuade conflicted voters to vote for Biden instead of Trump.
Rolling Stone - “Can Millions of Conversations with Total Strangers Beat Trump - and Heal America?” - On our work with People’s Action on the 2019 Rural and Small Town Immigration Deep Canvass
Boston Globe - “Here Come the White People” - On Showing Up for Racial Justice’s deep canvass work, which we have been proud to help support.
In These Times - “We Get There First or White Supremacists Do” - On our work with People’s Action’s 2019 Rural and Small Town Organizing Project and Broockman and Kalla’s findings about its impact.
Vox - “How to Talk Someone Out of Prejudice” - On our work with the Immigration Strategic Messaging Project and Broockman and Kalla’s findings about its impact.
Steve talks deep canvassing on the “Two Broads Talking Politics” Podcast
Coverage of the work we helped lead while at the LA LGBT Center’s Leadership LAB:
New York Times Magazine - “How Do You Change Voters Minds? Have a Conversation”
This American Life - “The Incredible Rarity of Changing Your Mind” - Steve and Dave Fleischer talk to Ira Glass in 2015 about the origins of deep canvassing. Warning: great explanation of deep canvassing, but recorded before anyone knew that the first researcher who studied our work had faked his results.
This American Life - “For Your Reconsideration” - Steve and Dave Fleischer talk to Ira Glass again, in 2016, about the revelation that the first researcher to measure the impact of deep canvassing had faked his results, and the even-stronger results David Broockman and Josh Kalla found when they measured our impact for real.
Buzzfeed - “One Conversation Can Curb Transphobia, New Study Finds”
The Atlantic - “No, Wait, Short Conversations Really Can Reduce Prejudice”
New York Times - “Doorstep Canvassing Can Shift Views on Transgender Rights, Study Finds”
Your Are Not So Smart Podcast - “Deep Canvassing” - Steve, Dave Fleischer, Laura Gardiner, David Broockman, and Josh Kalla talk about deep canvassing in 2016