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How do you cover a presidential race? A race with events happening almost every day of the year, at locations scattered across the U.S.? A race that's stirred up more controversies than any other in recent history?

As the deputy U.S. elections editor for Reuters, Caren Bohan hashes out those logistics. In her years as a political reporter, she went on the trail with candidates, crisscrossing the country with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008.

Now, she says, she's living vicariously through her team of 12 reporters. 

Bohan joined host Tom Weber for the Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series. She explained how the media approaches an election.

When her team began planning a little over a year ago, Bohan said, "I told them: 'The one things I absolutely know for certain is that everything we think is going to happen, we're going to be completely wrong about.' That was probably the only thing I was right about."

For the full discussion on politics and elections with Caren Bohan, use the audio player above.

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Caren Bohan, the deputy U.S. elections editor for Reuters, discusses politics, elections and the logistics of covering the 2016 race.

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