“On the fly”: An Arizona Republic reporter’s inside account of the GOP-led 2020 election audit

The Arizona Senate's audit began nearly six months after
the 2020 election at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Friday
April 26. Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based company, was
contracted by the state Senate to conduct the audit.
Journalists had little to no access to observe the audit apart
from the right-wing news outlet One America News
Network. In order to observe the audit, journalists had to
sign up for a six-hour volunteer shift. Arizona Republic reporter
Jen Fifield was there Friday morning to work as a volunteer. She
was the only journalist that day observing the election
audit. She was unable to take notes while on the floor
observing, but was able to do so on her phone when she stepped off
the floor into a locker area. She questioned organizers about
audit guidelines when she observed an issue. In this week's
episode of The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast, Fifield joins
hosts Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen to breakdown
her experience inside the coliseum and what to expect in the coming
weeks. Cyber Ninjas is expected to file its report with the Senate
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