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News organizations have responded to changes in readers’ habits by moving beyond the newsstand and toward the bookshelf, zeroing in on ebooks as a new revenue source and a way to explore genres not typically found on front pages or … Read more
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
How do you dig up information in a story like the one unfolding in Cleveland when all you know is three women missing for nearly a decade suddenly escaped their captors? When the story broke, government offices were closed, the … Read more
The busiest internship season of the year is just beginning, and we want to prepare interns and newsrooms for some great experiences.
During today’s career chat, we talked with Joanna Hernandez, director of career services at the CUNY Graduate … Read more
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
During this week’s writing chat, we talked with Boston Globe reporter Eric Moskowitz about his story that describes the experience of a young man who was carjacked by the Boston bombing suspects.
Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark praised Moskowitz earlier this … Read more
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
A story from the Boston Globe has been getting a lot of buzz, and rightly so. It was written by Eric Moskowitz, and describes the harrowing experience of a young Chinese man carjacked by the two Boston Marathon bombers. … Read more
While attending the 2011 Excellence in Journalism Conference in my hometown of New Orleans, I convinced myself to sit in on a few social-media sessions. I wasn’t participating in social media personally, but I knew its influence was continuing to … Read more
Working with writers can be tough: from thinking of creative story ideas that haven’t been covered or written 10 times yet, to justifying a decision about running a particular photograph or identifying a source. Brainstorming with a diverse group of … Read more