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Mar 09, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
RSS. Flickr. Twitter. Delicious. FriendFeed. Wikis. Digg. LinkedIn. Flash. Roland Legrand gives newsroom workshops on tools that can make journalism easier and produce better stories.
RSS. Flickr. Twitter. Delicious. FriendFeed. Wikis. Digg. LinkedIn. Flash. Roland Legrand gives newsroom workshops on tools that can make journalism easier and produce better stories.
Jan 20, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Toronto-based magazine writer and editor Kim Pittaway was a Twitter skeptic—until she tried it, that is. Here are tips for fellow reporters on getting value amid the noise.
Toronto-based magazine writer and editor Kim Pittaway was a Twitter skeptic—until she tried it, that is. Here are tips for fellow reporters on getting value amid the noise.
Oct 16, 2008
- Posted by Robert
Ortega
Good with words, but not numbers? Former Wall Street Journal reporter
Robert Ortega lays out a list of tools for
mathematically challenged reporters, including help with ratios, percentages, averages, polling and
statistics.
Sep 04, 2008
- Posted by Robert
Ortega
Former Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Ortega knows the life of a reporter can be chaotic, so he's put together a list of twelve handy communication tools that will be useful to any journalist—or, at the very least, worth giving a try.
May 12, 2008
- Posted by Abby
Goodrum
Published by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication, the Online Journalism Review provides commentary, features and resources on a wide range of topics relating to online journalism. OJR is also available vie e-mail alerts and RSS feed.
May 12, 2008
- Posted by Robert
Ortega
Everyone knows how to conduct a simple web search, but there's more to Google than meets the eye. This article provides some advanced tips on using Google for web and news searches, and ways to access new search tools that the company has under development.
May 08, 2008
- Posted by Abby
Goodrum
What is a pathfinder, you might ask? A pathfinder is a specialized resource guide that gathers together, organizes, and annotates links to information about a specific topic such as immigration or aboriginal issues. Read on for a list of pathfinders on J-Source.
Mar 12, 2008
- Posted by Abby
Goodrum
This resource, created by the University of Michigan Library Document Center, is an invaluable tool for tracking down freely available statistics on the web. Although the resources listed are mostly focused on the United States, the site also provides links to international statistical sources. The site is organized into broad categories including: Agriculture, Health, Cost of Living, Foreign Governments, etc... There is also a search function.
Feb 08, 2008
- Posted by Heather
McCall
This two-part Poynter Centerpiece serves as a primer for how and why to use bookmarking services like del.icio.us and Digg. Interactivity Editor Ellyn Angelotti provides an overview of how the two aforementioned (and most popular) services work, as well as the risks and opportunities they can provide both journalists and news organizations.
Oct 11, 2007
- Posted by Heather
McCall
Online communities often operate as a news medium, rather than a traditionally staffed news publication. Other news reports about these sites, to be fully accurate, should reflect that fact by citing the individual author of information found on the site, rather than just the site itself. Online Journalism Review editor Robert Niles proposes a three-point checklist that reporters ought to follow whenever citing information they find on the Web.
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