Journalism Archive

Short term planning, long range stories & data tips are all covered in our Tip Of The Week.

A lot of great stories about COVID-19 are hidden.   Here are some great suggestions on how to FOIA for them.

I know I need a refresher, maybe you do to.  Your tip of the week is AP Style for COVID.

Our Tip of the Week comes from the Center For Health Journalism at USC.  Advice on staying informed, finding go-to sources & generating useful ideas.     It has been a slog for you, perhaps this will help with you a fresh idea or two.

The Journalist’s Resource at Harvard is out with these tips to help you.

There is going to be more and more coverage of the virus.    Here is an important list of tips to help in your reporting from The Open Notebook.

Teaching a class always refreshes my knowledge of news writing tips.   Sometimes quite simple.   There’s nothing like Merv Block’s suggestions to give you a refresher.   Here’s one from his book Writing Broadcast News (CQ Press):   Merv says when rewriting copy to tell it in your own words.   If you still take the time to rewrite wire copy (or any other copy),  More  

A tip in good reporting for Chuck Goudie’s in landing an airline seat next to the former Governor after his commutation.  From Robert Feder.

Writers should aim for shorter sentences.   When you can, keep your sentences to ten words or less.     The more you do this… the sharper your copy.

We often here important things to include in broadcast leads (or ledes if you prefer).  Jeanette Abrahamsen of The University Of South Florida has some excellent tips on her site. 

She also included six items to avoid:

• Using a person’s name in the lead line,

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