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The Chicago Sun-Times’ decision to lay off its entire photo staff raises important questions about how photographers can keep themselves in high demand. During this week’s career chat, we talked with Jeff Knox, senior director of photography at the … Read more
The best way to write a perfect sentence is to lower your standards.
I hope that advice doesn’t come across as some bait and switch, that there is no such thing as a perfect sentence. I do believe in the … Read more
During this week’s career chat, we talked with science and health reporter Jane Stevens, who turned her passion into a news startup, ACEs Too High. (ACE stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences.)
The site — which focuses on how … Read more
In the crowded world of sports journalism, Justin Rice created his own beat by writing about Boston’s high school sports teams — a topic that he thought was undercovered. Rice created his own website, Boston Public School Sports, which … Read more
Few successful journalists make it all on their own. Most have help from mentors and become mentors themselves.
During this week’s career chat, we’ll talk with Randall Yip, senior producer at KGO-TV in San Francisco. Yip and I are … 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
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
The events of recent days — from the bombing of the Boston marathon to the explosion of the fertilizer plant in Texas — should remind us of the power of stories. In a daily sense and over the course of … Read more
There’s a good chance you already have the equipment you need to add video to your reporting skill set. In an increasingly visual and mobile news environment, that can be a job saver.
During a live chat, experienced multimedia journalist … Read more
Scott Elliott, incoming president of the Education Writers Association, is the education reform reporter at The Indianapolis Star.
That’s a pretty unusual job title and a beat that Elliott pretty much carved out himself. During a live chat, … Read more