I know I need a refresher, maybe you do to. Your tip of the week is AP Style for COVID.
Journalism Archive
Ace Reporter Shares Tips For Bolstering Covid Coverage
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.
Tips From An Expert To Help You Improve Your Coronavirus Coverage.
Covering The Coronavirus Effectively Without Spreading Misinformation
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.
Tell It In YourWords
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
How A Reporter Got A Seat By Blagojevich
A Short Tip of The Week
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.
A Half-Dozen DON’TS In Broadcast Leads
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,
2020 Tip: Don’t Chase The Latest Trends
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
Tip of The Week: Finding The Story
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
- Read or subscribe to lesser-known journals,