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The International Center for Journalists is offering advice for the coming year by asking current and former ICFJ Knight Fellows their thoughts. One of those is Janine Warner, who is a fellow in Latin American and executive director of SembraMedia. Her advice:
“Don’t chase the latest trends just because everyone else does. More
The tips below were excerpted from a longer story from the International Journalists Network.
Rowan Phillips presented a full article of tips for freelance investigative reporters. The article is worth a read. I excerpted these tips which can apply to reporters everywhere.
Tips for finding the story
Journalists are sometimes the problem in disseminating misinformation. A new article in Harvard’s Journalists’ Resource spells out tips to help you avoid being a part of the problem.
The article we link to includes three tips:
With journalists competing to be informational sources, it is important you have credibility and trust with your audience and your sources. These seven tips come from a reporter in Germany, but apply about anywhere.
Journalists’s Resource has a half-dozen tips to help cover whistleblowers. In addition to the tips, it lists additional resources worth checking. Take some time to study this to be more prepared in the future should something comes up where you need it.
I stopped by the site Tools For Reporters. I’d recommend you check that out. Our Tip Of The Week comes from there. It’s an online people searcher that checks a lot of web sites for usernames.
Hopefully it can help in your reporting work! More
This wonderful set of links comes from Rana F. Sweis. This set of links covers journalism basics, jobs and all sorts of helpful sites. It is the best collection I’ve seen. Take some time to bookmark the ones that will help you!
There are nearly a dozen tips here. Many I’ve seen from Poynter and others. This comes from a web site, The Truth About Guns. Perhaps presented from a slightly different angle, but always worth thought and consideration as we try to do a good job on a divisive issue. More
Changes to Federal laws three years ago, allow reporters to get a waiver on fees under certain circumstances. This Week’s Tip of the Week explains how… thanks to an explainer from Muckrock.
For this week’s Tip of the Week, we hook you up with summaries from the IRE 2019 Convention. Take a look at the tip sheets ranging from Reinventing TV News to doing Fast & Furious Investigations. Dig in!