April 2007
Editors' Takes on EyeTrack07: Reinforcement and Some Surprises (April 11, 2007)
By Rick Edmonds
For one thing, full-page ads may cost the most, but may not attract the most attention.
The Best of Multimedia Photojournalism: The Era of the Ear (April 3, 2007)
By Keith Jenkins
Listen to Keith Jenkins and the judges of the Best of Photojournalism's
Best of the Web contest discuss audio slideshows, the ethics of using
certain kinds of audio and the future of online video.
March 2007
The Financial Times: An Integrated Multimedia Newsroom Is Paying Off (March 2, 2007)
By Rick Edmonds
A year into its integrated newsroom, the
Financial Times grew in 2006 while most newspapers slumped.
Washington Bill Puts Student Writers in the Driver's Seat (March 1, 2007)
By Wendy Wallace and Leann Frola
The bill would make Washington the seventh state to guarantee First Amendment protections to high school and college journalists.
February 2007
Open Editorial Meetings (Feb. 28, 2007)
By Al Tompkins
Q&A with KPIX-TV's Brian Dinsmore... Q&A with WCPO-TV's Bob Morford... Al's Morning Multimedia.
Chapter Six: Say the Secret Word (Feb. 26, 2007)
By Roy Peter Clark
The sixth and final installment in Roy's serial-narrative starter kit.
Chapter Five: How Could You Ask Such a Thing? (Feb. 23, 2007)
By Roy Peter Clark
An FAQ on serial narratives.
Chapter Four: Kick-Starting Your Story (Feb. 22, 2007)
By Roy Peter Clark
Write as you go... Set aside time... Create a support network... and more tips.
24/7 Culture: Tips from the Best (and Worst) of TV News (Feb. 22, 2007)
By Jill Geisler
Understand that everyone's a reporter... Be resourceful... Recognize your power... Be first -- and right... and more.
Chapter Three: A Story Form with Benefits (Feb. 21, 2007)
By Roy Peter Clark
Why choose the serial? Need to convince your editor? Read on.
Chapter Two: A 12-Step Program for Writers (Feb. 20, 2007)
By Roy Peter Clark
A serial guide to writing a serial narrative
Creating the Breakfast Cereal: A Starter Kit (Feb. 19, 2007)
By Roy Peter Clark
A serial guide to writing a serial narrative
Today: Chapter One -- The Power of the Parts
(photo illustration by Jeremy Gilbert/Poynter)
Lessons Learned from Ken Speake, Master Storyteller (Feb. 16, 2007)
By Al Tompkins
The master storyteller retires: Favorite Speake stories... Q&A with Speake... Lane Michaelsen and Tom Lindner on working with Speake.
Arab & Iranian Bloggers: Emerging Threat to Official Line (Feb. 14, 2007)
By Vivian Salama
Arabs and Iranians are using blogs to exercise free speech -- while governments work to stifle them.
Evolving Jobs: Tasting the "Flavors" of Web Journalism (Feb. 12, 2007)
By A. Adam Glenn
The Newspaper Association of America is headed in a new direction this
year with its 2007 ad campaign -- one that touts "multi" over "print."
(image by iStockphoto.com)
Doritos at the Super Bowl: When "Users" Produce the Ads -- and the News (Feb. 9, 2007)
By Pat Walters
"Users" are invading the media. And increasingly, they're bringing some good stuff. Are news organizations ready to pony up?
Blogging Our Way Into the Newspaper (Feb. 8, 2007)
By Yvette Walker
At one Midwestern newspaper, boundaries are blurring. Reporter or blogger? Online or print content?
(illustration by Jeremy Gilbert/Poynter)
After Ashley: Covering Children with Severe Disabilities (Feb. 7, 2007)
By Leann Frola
The story of a 9-year-old girl who will never grow up hit the media, then swept off the scene. So now what? Bioethicist Arthur Caplan has some ideas for future coverage of children with disabilities.
Telling Stories in Triplicate: Firefighter Deaths in Text, Online and on the Air (Feb. 6, 2007)
By Al Tompkins
MSNBC's Bill Dedman on audiences, investigating and why Al's Morning Meeting will be the death of newspapers
Curiosity Killed the Cat, But Good Questions Win Jobs (Feb. 5, 2007)
By Joe Grimm
One journalistic trait that can easily be demonstrated in a job
interview is curiosity. Go into every interview with some genuine
questions.
(illustration by Jeremy Gilbert)
Super Bowl XLI Coverage: A New Era With All the Comforts of Home (Feb. 4, 2007)
By Kenny Irby
For those following the game from home, better digital photo technology
means you'll see better pictures faster. For one veteran picture
editor, it means that much and more. Plus a
game day Q&A with the hometown photo editors.
"Correct Me If I'm Wrong...": A Twist on Publishing Reader Response (Feb. 2, 2007)
By Pat Walters
At a major West Coast newspaper, reporters' and editors' voice mailboxes are generating content for the Web. The result is hilarious. But what does it say about the relationship between writers and readers?
What's the "Why" in Your Work? (Feb. 1, 2007)
By Butch Ward
No matter your career path -- journalism, PR or others -- it's possible
to find meaning in your work.
But how are newsrooms, caught in the rush
of transition, searching for that meaning?
(illustration by Jeremy Gilbert)
January 2007
Helter Skelter No More: An Evolving Guidebook for Online Ethics (Jan. 31, 2007)
By Bob Steele
Poynter collected some of the best minds in online journalism to
write
a set of guidelines for the often-haphazard world of online ethics.
Immigration: A Better Story Than You Thought (Jan. 30, 2007)
By Bobbi Bowman
Tips and angles you can pursue to get past stereotypic coverage
A Call for Conscience Journalism (Jan. 29, 2007)
By Jerry Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell is a reporter for the
Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. His reporting has helped provoke officials to pursue decades-old murder cases from the Civil Rights era.
Learn more.
Duke Lacrosse Case: Should We Name the Accuser? (Jan. 26, 2007)
By Kelly McBride
As events continue to unfold in the Duke Lacrosse case, newsrooms are
struggling with a recurring dilemma -- whether to name or not name the
accuser.
(illustration by Jeremy Gilbert)
Tighter Budgets Slashing Internships (Jan. 25, 2007)
By Leann Frola
This year, students are facing one of the toughest internship markets in recent memory.
"My Fellow Americans...": Involving Your Audience in State of the Union Coverage (Jan. 22, 2007)
By Meg Martin
... And scroll down past the map on
this page
to help us compile a list of the major issues facing your viewers,
listeners and readers as they approach Tuesday's State of the Union
address.
(illustration by Jeremy Gilbert)
The Big Switch: From Hack to Flack and Back (Jan. 16, 1007)
By Butch Ward
Moving to the corporate world from journalism doesn't mean you have to
alter your core values. Butch Ward shows how he kept his intact in the
course of doing meaningful PR work.
Recalling Selma 1965: Coverage that Moved a Nation (Jan 14, 2007)
By Gene Roberts & Hank Klibanoff
An excerpt from "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation,"
by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff. The passage describes events in
Selma, Ala., where Martin Luther King Jr. kicked off the voting rights
campaign in January 1965. Shortly after being honored by the city of
Atlanta, King returned to Selma amidst rising racial tension and
violence.
Take a Blogger to Lunch (And Other Radical Ideas for Journos Struggling to Understand the Web) (Jan. 11, 2007)
By Keith W. Jenkins
Think: Hieroglyphics. Visual displays of information. MySpace. Boing
Boing. Rocketboom. Second Life. Flickr. Podcasting. And even
del.icio.us.
Creating Multimedia: A Novice Shows the Way (Jan. 9, 2007)
By David Shedden
Poynter's library director provides a how-to look at the audio
slideshow he created from his search for Murrow's England. Plus Pat
Walters'
interview with the creator of Soundslides.
(illustration by Jeremy Gilbert/photo by David Shedden)
Uncivil War Over the Memoir (Jan. 5, 2007)
By Roy Peter Clark
A contradiction of words and truth: The undefined standards of the memoir
Watchdogs at Work (Jan. 3, 2007)
By Leann Frola
Six investigative journalists share the basics of how they do their job despite industry pressures.
For the New Year: Back to Basics (Jan. 2, 2007)
By Butch Ward
Get to know your staff, your audience and your newsroom in 2007. Butch
Ward offers 260 ways to get back to the basics: Five New Year's
resolutions, one week at a time.
