Month: November 2009

Job hunting for new journalists

In just a couple weeks, hundreds of new journalism graduates will be starting their job hunts in earnest.  Though we’re hearing a lot of bad news about job prospects overall, there are openings.  In a recent check of company Web…

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Twitter mistakes cost journalists

This post is not an anti-Twitter rant, instead it’s a cautionary tale.  By now, we’ve all heard stories about newsrooms sending out inaccurate tweets and then paying the price for it.  Take the case of WFTV in Orlando, for example,…

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New outlet for student journalism

An independent non-profit due to launch early next year will enlist students at the U.C. Berkeley graduate school of journalism to expand local news coverage in the San Francisco area. The Bay Area News Project, funded by a $5 million…

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Going live without the live truck

3G, WiFi, WiMAX, LTE or Skype. No, those letters are not the result of fingers run amok on a keyboard, they’re all now part of the multimedia journalist’s toolkit.  An article from TVNewsCheck does a great job of describing how wireless…

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Pay attention

The best advice I’ve seen lately on how to do better interviews can be summed up in those two words: Pay attention. That may be easier said than done if you’re shooting your own video, but it’s critically important. Once…

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Are J-school students really journalists?

If a journalism school offers real world experience, should the students who participate be protected by reporters’ privilege? That’s a key question in a case involving a professor and students at Northwestern’s Medill J-school. David Protess runs the school’s “Innocence…

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Punctuation made fun

Okay, I admit it. I’m a grammar-and-spelling nut. And I think it’s critically important for journalists to get it right. In my view, “little” mistakes on the air, in print or online matter because they can dent our credibility. After…

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How to do investigative stories

Be respectful, listen politely and stick up for the little guy. That doesn’t sound much like the advice of a hard-hitting investigative reporter, but Steve Andrews has been righting wrongs in the Tampa Bay area since 1985.  The investigative reporter…

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