Tips to improve your reporting, writing and editing.
Forbes Quotes Poynter’s Rick Edmonds
GateHouse bucked recent custom by acquiring community publications mostly in small towns where local newspapers have proven much more profitable than in cities, said Rick Edmonds, a newspaper industry analyst at the Poynter Institute in… Read more
Brian Storm, founder of MediaStorm, spoke to high school journalists at Poynter about the importance of media integration. “Think about multiple platforms,” he said, “because the future of journalism lies in the seamless integration of different media.”
In his book “Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer,” Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark provides readers with tools to make their writing shine. I’ve chosen a few strategies from the book that I think you’ll find especially beneficial… Read more
When a journalist uses an anonymous source, how does it all work? What are the conventional procedures?
High school journalist Dante Fuoco, 17, asked this of the New York Times. Managing editor Jill Abramson provided insightful… Read more
Kenny Irby has traveled the world, served as photo manager for the ’96 and ‘02 Olympic Games and worked as a photo editor with Newsday, where he contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning projects. Now he’s Visual Journalism… Read more
Want to write about
the artistic influence of campaign
bumper stickers? Have a yen to write about the write-in candidates voters list,
people like George Clooney and Oprah? The Scoop08,
“the first-ever… Read more
Want to a make a cartoon? Blend magazine, published by the Secondary Education Services office at Ball State University partnered with National Scholastic Press Association, features a story in the Winter 2008 issue. Evan Mannweiler,… Read more
Blend Magazine, produced by National Scholastic Press Association and Ball State University, features in the Winter 2008 issue 10 tips for stories about race and ethnicity written by Poynter’s Keith Woods, Dean of Faculty.
Remember these three words when writing your next story. Who did what? Sue Burzynski Bullard writes a blog on J-talk with writing tips from Al Tompkins. You can also watch a video in the blog where Tompkins… Read more
Taking High School Journalism Online