Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.

A panel of BU alumni and journalists offered insight into the historic nature of presidential election coverage in a virtual panel Saturday entitled “An Election Like No Other: Journalists Share Final Thoughts."

Massachusetts officials have already begun counting mail-in ballots, so results should be in the night of the election. In battleground states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, however, ballots aren’t counted until Election Day.