Best Practices: Reporting and Writing and Editing
Breaking news best practices: Reaching and interviewing witnesses and victims of trauma
Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2015. Tracking down witnesses and victims of…
Why off-the-record is a trap reporters should avoid
Let’s talk about “off-the-record” — what it is, what it isn’t, why it’s a bad…
Breaking news best practices: Reaching and interviewing witnesses and victims of trauma
Tracking down witnesses and victims of traumatic events is the work of journalism. We serve…
On profanity: As language evolves, should the media?
The New York Times | The Wall Street Journal On Sunday, Jesse Sheidlower wrote an…
Poynter at SXSW: Welcome back to the WED dance
Editor's Note: Poynter will be at South by Southwest, the annual music, movie and interactive…
CNN sheds light on family’s harrowing experience, Alaska’s highest rape rate
CNN Photo by Brandon Ancil Convicted sex offenders are American pariahs, kept at bay by…
Five questions answered about reporting on your local confession site
Confessions sites are popping up in teen communities all over the country. There is a…
Avoiding ‘suitcase leads’ can help reporters and readers sort out the truth
News organizations change the leads of stories all the time: to update, clarify, and correct.…
Learning from prize-winning journalism: tips for executing an investigative journalism project
In Poynter’s new e-book, "Secrets of Prize-Winning Journalism," we highlight and examine 10 award-winning works…
Blindsided: How Christie used passive verbs to turn himself into a victim
My brother frequently drives from New Jersey to New York across the George Washington Bridge…
How Sports Illustrated reporter captured the athlete in ‘The Book of Tebow’
Earlier this year, Sports Illustrated writer Thomas Lake embarked on a challenging project: to profile…
Newtown’s media blackout forces journalists to do their jobs
The one-year anniversary of a tragic event is a significant moment. But for journalists, such…
5 tips on how to desensationalize stories
Every year, news agencies fight harder than before to capture the audience’s attention -- and…
Health care coverage is more than numbers
We’ve heard a lot about the HealthCare.gov website and its performance metrics recently. But the…
