What was Balance the Ballot?
Balance the Ballot was a student ran Instagram-base ‘unbiased’ news page aimed at high school and early university students publication with short format posts regarding issues such as politics, the environment and science. Over the course of 3 years it grew to nearly 15,000 followers and over 50 volunteer writers and designers from all over the world. By 2020 our posts were viewed by more than 2 million people per month, while some of our stories had quicker turn-around times than major news services.