Al Tompkins
May 24, 2013
8:59 am
KARE 11 television in Minneapolis has built a reputation for telling compelling visual stories. Reporter Boyd Huppert and the station’s national-award-winning photojournalists have set fire to a house to show the usefulness of new stovetop extinguishers, and he has explained … Read more
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Roy Peter Clark
May 23, 2013
11:01 am
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Al Tompkins
May 22, 2013
11:55 am
In 42 years of Oklahoma City weathercasting, KWTV’s Gary England estimates he has tracked more than 1,000 tornadoes, and without a doubt, that estimate is “on the low end.” When he started his TV career in 1972, he wrote on … Read more
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Roy Peter Clark
May 20, 2013
2:21 pm
Last Saturday I had the honor of teaching at a public writing conference at The Washington Post. After I finished my part of the program, I spent the day listening carefully to four of the Post’s most accomplished writers and … Read more
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Roy Peter Clark
May 16, 2013
8:20 am
At the end of this essay, I will be asking for your help in writing a proposal for a new book: “What Writers See: In Life, Language, and Literature.”
What do I mean when I ask the question “What do … Read more
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Roy Peter Clark
May 8, 2013
9:35 am
Transparency, transparency, transparency. Say it loud and there’s music playing. Say it soft and it’s almost like praying.
Transparency is the new pillar of responsible practice, inside and outside of journalism — including at Poynter. When it comes to reporting … Read more
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Kelly McBride
May 2, 2013
8:48 am
When the Toledo Police Department refused to release a gang map that showed which gangs claimed which neighborhoods in the small city 60 miles southwest of Detroit, crime reporter Taylor Dungjen decided to create her own.
That’s the short version … Read more
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Mallary Jean Tenore
May 2, 2013
6:28 am
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Taylor Miller Thomas
Apr. 30, 2013
10:57 am
Digital tools help produce quality content online, but it can be tough figuring out where to start. Here are 10 online tools that can help improve journalists’ reporting and storytelling, and engage readers in multimedia.
Reporting resources: These tools can … Read more
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Roy Peter Clark
Apr. 30, 2013
6:51 am
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