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This tip comes from the American Press Institute. It asks What Journalists Can Learn From Their Local TV Weather Forecast. It points out that if you follow the template of TV weather folks for your own news stories you will be doing good journalism plus you will get what they call an “organic” More
Tim Wieland of KCNC in Denver has some guidelines if you are a reporter who REALLY wants to report political stories in your market.
He has these five tips on pitching political stories:
Taking some extra time when writing can allow you to take what you considered throw away b-roll to actually help tell and improve your story.
At his recent appearance at IBA’s convention in Normal, Poynter Institute’s Al Tompkins was helping reporters make their writing more interesting. Al says you “explain the video, More
This week’s tip comes from Pro Publica Illinois. It’s a great way to find a trove of information that’s available to you.
Pick from the buffet of records: Many public agencies are required to keep what they call record retention schedules. That means you could ask for this list of all data an agency collects and then specify exactly what you need in your request. More