This handbook takes a step-by-step approach to media monitoring. It covers:

• The importance of determining who controls the media and the difference between state-controlled versus private and broadcast versus print media;

• Issues to address in deciding what media and what subjects to monitor;

• Planning and organization of a media monitoring project;

• Monitoring methodology, including specific instructions for monitoring different types of media;

This handbook to conducting a Quick Count (also known as Parallel Vote Tabulation, or PVT) addresses the importance of developing systematic observation of vital election day processes, including the quality of voting, ballot counting and tabulation of election results, as well as the projection of electoral results with extremely narrow margins of error and high degrees of statistical confidence. It covers:

• Planning and organizational issues;

• Recruiting and training;

• Communications systems;