Journalism Archive

A New Tool For Watching Government Web Sites

Posted August 4, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

It allows you to monitor for changes and new documents…

5 Tips To Make You Better At FOIA Requests

Posted July 8, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

Simple tips to make you more effective…

Tips For Incorporating Scientific Research Into Your Reporting

Posted June 6, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

How to translate it into to useful and helpful information…

Google’s Suite Of Tools For Journalists

Posted May 27, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

Check out the offerings and see what might be useful to you…

Tips & Resources For Covid-19 Data Reporting

Posted May 10, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

There’s still more Covid ahead and there are many things the public doesn’t know about the last couple of years…

Two Tips For Picking Out Misleading Stats In The News

Posted May 4, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

Good reminders for reporters…

Better Election Coverage… What To Avoid & How To Get It Right

Posted April 27, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

It’s an election year in Illinois including primaries and general elections for Governor. Eliminating horse race coverage is difficult. This week What To Avoid & How to Get It Right

A Tip For Sniffing Out Bad Science & Bad Science Reporting

Posted April 19, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

Seeing if they past the smell test…

Three Tips For Fighting Falsehoods

Posted March 29, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

These are related to facts about Ukraine…

Basic Data Journalism Tips

Posted March 23, 2022 by Bill Wheelhouse

Take some time to peruse this to find where you or your shop need some direction…

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