Different social networks seem to appeal to different audience demos, so understanding how to search several of them for content and sources is critical for a journalist. For example, according to SproutSocial, 53% of Instagram’s users are aged 18-29. “Imagine…
One of the most basic skills every journalist needs is the ability to come up with stories worth reporting. It may be basic, but it’s not always easy. Some reporters have lots of ideas but they fail the “so what” test.…
Ever wonder what J-profs do on vacation? Some of them go to conferences with other J-profs and crazy things happen. Like this. Enjoy!
Sometimes you stumble across something that’s just so good, you have to share it. After spending a lot of years with interns and young reporters, the Arkansas Times posted musings from a columnist with 15 pieces of sage advice for…
One of the toughest part of a journalist’s job is coming up with a good story to tell every day, but what if you had to find stories that would work across the entire country? That’s the job of those…
Contributed by Lauren McLaughlin A car wreck on I-55, an armed robbery and a significant court case — how can one person cover them all? Lekitha Terrell, an assignment editor at WJTV in Jackson, Miss., has been in the journalism…
So, it may seen a little arrogant to assume that our blog can act as a barometer of the journalism industry, but what the heck. If you look at the five most viewed posts of 2012, it seems reasonable to…
A recent survey of journalists around the world found that more than half of them use social media to find news stories and about 45% use social media to verify stories. In the United States, over 60% find or check…
Interviews are an essential building block for just about every news story, so it’s obviously important to know how to conduct a good one. Most interviewing advice comes in the form of tips and hints, like these dos and don’ts from…
The most popular social media sites — YouTube, Facebook and Twitter — are free, aren’t they? Well, maybe, says social media guru Jeff Cutler. “Social media are definitely a time suck,” says Cutler. “They are shiny and fun and they…
