Poynter. » Chip on Your Shoulder http://www.poynter.org Create. Inform. Engage. | Journalism training, media news & how to's Tue, 21 May 2013 19:59:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 How text-to-speech technology can help journalists avoid copy errors http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/207621/how-text-to-speech-technology-can-help-journalists-avoid-copy-errors/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/207621/how-text-to-speech-technology-can-help-journalists-avoid-copy-errors/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:18:01 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://www.poynter.org/?p=207621 You’ve run spell-check and closely studied your story. Your editors have done the same and the copy desk — the last line of defense against mistakes — has scrutinized every word and line to ensure error-free copy.

And then the … Read more

]]> You’ve run spell-check and closely studied your story. Your editors have done the same and the copy desk — the last line of defense against mistakes — has scrutinized every word and line to ensure error-free copy.

And then the … Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/207621/how-text-to-speech-technology-can-help-journalists-avoid-copy-errors/feed/ 3 How journalists can become better interviewers http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/205518/how-journalists-can-become-better-interviewers/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/205518/how-journalists-can-become-better-interviewers/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:44:17 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://www.poynter.org/?p=205518 Every day around the globe, journalists pick up the phone or head out of the newsroom. They meet someone, a stranger or a familiar contact. They take out a notebook or turn on a recording device. And then they perform … Read more

]]> Every day around the globe, journalists pick up the phone or head out of the newsroom. They meet someone, a stranger or a familiar contact. They take out a notebook or turn on a recording device. And then they perform … Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/205518/how-journalists-can-become-better-interviewers/feed/ 2 How brain science can make you a better writer http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/202260/how-brain-science-can-make-you-a-better-writer/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/202260/how-brain-science-can-make-you-a-better-writer/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:51:08 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://www.poynter.org/?p=202260 A TV ad for kayak.com features an unscrupulous doctor manipulating a patient’s exposed brain, turning him into a puppet who flails away at a keyboard hunting and pecking for online travel deals. It’s funny to some, offensive to others, but it illustrates a larger point … Read more

]]> A TV ad for kayak.com features an unscrupulous doctor manipulating a patient’s exposed brain, turning him into a puppet who flails away at a keyboard hunting and pecking for online travel deals. It’s funny to some, offensive to others, but it illustrates a larger point … Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/202260/how-brain-science-can-make-you-a-better-writer/feed/ 2 A multimedia journalist’s holiday wish list http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/198515/a-multimedia-journalists-holiday-wish-list/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/198515/a-multimedia-journalists-holiday-wish-list/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:58:01 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://www.poynter.org/?p=198515 Technology has filled the journalistic toolbox with an array of innovative gadgets that enable journalists to gather and deliver the news with speed and sophistication. But which ones does a multimedia journalist need? It’s an apt question to ponder given … Read more

]]> Technology has filled the journalistic toolbox with an array of innovative gadgets that enable journalists to gather and deliver the news with speed and sophistication. But which ones does a multimedia journalist need? It’s an apt question to ponder given … Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/198515/a-multimedia-journalists-holiday-wish-list/feed/ 1 Storytelling on Deadline: A Bookbag for Reporters and Editors http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/58592/storytelling-on-deadline-a-bookbag-for-reporters-and-editors/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/58592/storytelling-on-deadline-a-bookbag-for-reporters-and-editors/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:54:13 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/?p=58592  

 

STORYTELLING THE NEWS:
A Bookbag for Reporters and Editors
Suggested by Chip Scanlan, The Poynter Institute

 

Books

 

“Aim for the Heart: A Guide for TV Producers/Reporters,” by Al Tompkins. Bonus Books, 2002.

 

“The Art and … Read more

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STORYTELLING THE NEWS:
A Bookbag for Reporters and Editors
Suggested by Chip Scanlan, The Poynter Institute

 

Books

 

“Aim for the Heart: A Guide for TV Producers/Reporters,” by Al Tompkins. Bonus Books, 2002.

 

“The Art and … Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/58592/storytelling-on-deadline-a-bookbag-for-reporters-and-editors/feed/ 0 Rhetorical inventory of Obama’s budget, deficit speech reveals talking points, strategy http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/127974/rhetorical-inventory-of-obamas-budget-speech-reveals-talking-points-strategy/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/127974/rhetorical-inventory-of-obamas-budget-speech-reveals-talking-points-strategy/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:26:54 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://www.poynter.org/?p=127974 The torrent of news stories, analyses, editorials, columns and blog posts about President Obama’s speech on his budget plan focused, appropriately, on the numbers.

But there’s another way to look at it: analyzing the speaker’s words in ways that reveal … Read more

]]> The torrent of news stories, analyses, editorials, columns and blog posts about President Obama’s speech on his budget plan focused, appropriately, on the numbers.

But there’s another way to look at it: analyzing the speaker’s words in ways that reveal … Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/127974/rhetorical-inventory-of-obamas-budget-speech-reveals-talking-points-strategy/feed/ 3 Putting Voters in the Analyst’s Seat http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91927/putting-voters-in-the-analysts-seat/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91927/putting-voters-in-the-analysts-seat/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:53:25 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91927/putting-voters-in-the-analysts-seat/ Political analysis of campaign debates has long been the business of the chatterati: news analysts, commentators, spin doctors. That won’t change, at least not in the ’08 presidential campaign.

But now the digerati — computer wizards — have teamed up … Read more

]]> Political analysis of campaign debates has long been the business of the chatterati: news analysts, commentators, spin doctors. That won’t change, at least not in the ’08 presidential campaign.

But now the digerati — computer wizards — have teamed up … Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91927/putting-voters-in-the-analysts-seat/feed/ 0 Diagramming Palin’s Sentences http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91873/diagramming-palins-sentences/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91873/diagramming-palins-sentences/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:40:12 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91873/diagramming-palins-sentences/ Forget politics. Anyone who’s interested in clarity should study this post on Slate.com by author Kitty Burns Florey: “Diagramming Sarah: Can Palin’s sentences stand up to a grammarian?”

In her post, the novelist and copy editor says:

“There are plenty
… Read more

]]> Forget politics. Anyone who’s interested in clarity should study this post on Slate.com by author Kitty Burns Florey: “Diagramming Sarah: Can Palin’s sentences stand up to a grammarian?”

In her post, the novelist and copy editor says:

“There are plenty
… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91873/diagramming-palins-sentences/feed/ 0 Train Crash Leads LA Times to Create Django Database on Deadline http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91590/train-crash-leads-la-times-to-create-django-database-on-deadline/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91590/train-crash-leads-la-times-to-create-django-database-on-deadline/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:27:31 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91590/train-crash-leads-la-times-to-create-django-database-on-deadline/ At 4:40 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12, a Metrolink commuter train collided with an oncoming freight train in Chatsworth, Calif., northwest of Los Angeles. The crash, the Los Angeles Times reported, was “the worst in modern California history,” killing 25 and injuring 135.… Read more

]]> At 4:40 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12, a Metrolink commuter train collided with an oncoming freight train in Chatsworth, Calif., northwest of Los Angeles. The crash, the Los Angeles Times reported, was “the worst in modern California history,” killing 25 and injuring 135.… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/91590/train-crash-leads-la-times-to-create-django-database-on-deadline/feed/ 0 Whose Journalism Is It? http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/89200/whose-journalism-is-it/ http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/89200/whose-journalism-is-it/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 14:32:18 +0000 Chip Scanlan http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/89200/whose-journalism-is-it/ Journalists work hard to report the news and tell the stories of our time. They contribute creativity, energy, passion, critical thinking, doing their best to reflect their community’s diversity and behave in an ethical fashion. I’ve heard people making comments … Read more]]> Journalists work hard to report the news and tell the stories of our time. They contribute creativity, energy, passion, critical thinking, doing their best to reflect their community’s diversity and behave in an ethical fashion. I’ve heard people making comments … Read more]]> http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/chip-on-your-shoulder/89200/whose-journalism-is-it/feed/ 0