Miscellaneous Archive

It’s National News Literacy Week… Here Are Some Tips For You And For Your Listeners & Viewers.
Some Guidance For Managing Newsrooms In 2021
Learning When A Web Page Was Created
Tips For Journalists Covering Crises On Twitter
Nine Tips For Remote Interviewing
New Pronunciation Guide Permanent Addition To IBA Newsroom
You will now find the updated Pronunciation guide with Audio at the “pronunciation guide link” toward the top of the IBA Newsroom home page.
Here it is if you want to bookmark it.
Safety, Prep & Knowing Your Rights-Journalists’ Safety. On Demand
Putting this Webinar up as our Tip Of The Week. Its from the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri.
A Web Site To Track Covid Transmission Rates in Every State
Check out the site rt.live The creators of Instagram have put this together. It tracks state by state transmission rates.
“It lets us estimate how many secondary infections are likely to occur from a single infection in a specific area. Values over 1.0 mean we should expect more cases in that area, More
Protecting Yourself & Co-Workers
The International Journalists Network offered these tips:
COVID-19 prevention tips for journalists:
- Work from home if you can
- In the newsroom, clean your work station every day with at least 70% alcohol
- Wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds
- Conduct in-person interviews only if necessary
- Keep a distance of at least three to six feet from interviewees
- Use two microphones and sanitize them with alcohol and disposable towels
- Clean all equipment with alcohol
- Send teams of no more than two people
- Opt for places with low foot traffic
- Wear a surgical mask when interviewing random people on the streets and discard it immediately after