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10 things revealed in the Toronto Life profile of Toronto Star editor-in-chief Michael Cooke

Apr 22, 2013 - Posted by Tamara Baluja

The Barbie fascination, the I-team obsession and the musician. If you haven’t yet picked up May issue of the Toronto Life, you’ll want to: Front cover: a sweaty Rob Ford; Inside profile: Toronto Star editor-in-chief Michael Cooke, definitely not sweaty. It’s definitely a juicy issue with lots of interesting tidbits for journalists.

The heartwrenching images of Annette Funicello’s illness: How CTV's W5 covered the story

Apr 09, 2013 - Posted by Tamara Baluja

How much information should journalists tell the public about the gritty existence of once-public people who now face a long disability or death? How carefully do you examine the motivations of a family member who gives you access to their disabled loved one to promote a cause? How closely should the journalist examine where any contributions might go if the public decides to help?

Teaching resources for instructors: The Basics

Aug 22, 2012 - Posted by Belinda Alzner

Looking for resources to use in the classroom to help you teach the foundations of our craft? Here, Mary McGuire lays out a curated list of tools and resources for teaching the following subjects:

Reporting
Writing
Interviewing
Ethics

Need a source? 5 online resouces

Mar 16, 2011 - Posted by Dana Lacey

Five websites offer time-strapped journos quick access to sources, The International Journalists' Network reports.

The art of the interview

Sep 03, 2008 - Posted by Laura Stone

Considering summer JUST officially ended, it may be early yet to start thinking about next summer's job.

Then again, maybe not.

A lot of internships begin asking for applications in the fall, and start interviewing before winter break. Although a clean application (read: no typos) is essential, it's really the interview that counts. Northwestern University's Medill journalism school has some great tips on what to say, how to act, and even what to wear on the big day.

Might want to start practicing now- then again, maybe not.

Interviewing tips from the Media Diversity Institute

May 12, 2008 - Posted by Abby Goodrum

The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) has prepared these tip sheets for interviews that require extra care on the part of a journalist. The three links below provide useful help and ideas for the following situations: interviewing people with disabilities, interviewing people from other groups and interviewing victims of human rights abuses.
MDI - Interviewing people with disabilities
MDI - Interviewing people from other groups (PDF)
MDI - Interviewing victims of traumatic human rights abuses

Interviewing tips from NPR for young radio journalists

Aug 16, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire

NPR's project called Teenage Diaries on National Public Radio included a website with lots of tips for people about producing good radio stories. This page is the list of tips for conducting effective interviews.

The art of the interview, Sawatsky-style

Jun 08, 2007 - Posted by Heather McCall

John Sawatsky's seminars on interviewing are legendary. An NPR.org piece takes a look at Sawatsky's role both at ESPN and as a lecturer. A feature for the American Journalism Review goes into further detail.

A new kind of interview

Apr 26, 2007 - Posted by Heather McCall

Jeff Jarvis at buzzmachine.com says that "the interview is outmoded and needs to be rethought," citing e-mail, blogs and wikis as potentially valid means of obtaining a person's words.

Q&A with author of Conversation: A History of a Declining Art

Oct 02, 2006 - Posted by Heather McCall

E-mail, Blackberries and text-messenging are all standard tools for journalists. Stephen Miller's new book, Conversation: A History of a Declining Art discusses ideas and concerns about general conversation that may be of use to reporters doing interviews. In an interview with Kenneth Whyte for Maclean's, Miller said: "I argue that face-to-face conversation is the ideal form of conversation because you have nuance, you have gesture, you have tone. Phone conversation is second-best, and electronic conversation is bad in general, because things go awry in emails."

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