If you struggle to explain to students when it is appropriate to use “says” vs. “said” in their stories, you may find some guidance from these editors and writers. In this piece, the Poynter Institute’s Chip Scanlan, explains why feature writers generally prefer the present tense, while some editors detest it. He makes his case, then follows up with the…
This is an example of a compelling 400-word profile, followed by notes from the reporter about the process he went through to keep it so short. The post is from the blog Newsthinking, by Bob Baker, a professional writing coach and journalist with the Los Angeles Times, whose site is an archive of successful stories, followed…
Alternatives.ca IMAGINEZ monter des sites Internet pour des ONG en Amérique Latine ; envoyer à partir de l’Afrique des reportages pour la radio ; échanger sur les toutes dernières techniques d’agriculture urbaine ; être témoins des défis qu’affrontent les organisations de défense des droits humains en Asie et bien d’autres regroupements civils partout au monde… ! Les Programmes de…
Radio-Canada MédiaMatinQuébec, le quotidien gratuit des employés en lock-out du Journal de Québec, intéresse de plus en plus les annonceurs. Certains choisissent même de retirer leur publicité du Journal de Québec pour miser plutôt sur le MédiaMatinQuébec, comme l’explique Claude Brunet.
Hugo Dumas, La Presse Jouons à un petit jeu: quel employé-vedette est-il le plus payant de remplacer dans la grande tour de Radio-Canada? Réponse: René Homier-Roy, suivi, dans une égalité à quatre, par Bernard Derome, Céline Galipeau, Michel Désautels et Simon Durivage.
While this is a bit old, it is relevant. The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced funding for 10 New Citizen Media ideas under its New Voices grant. These news sites are doing hyper-local coverage produced for the Internet. The idea is to use digital media to enrich communities, create public discourse and impact democracy. It…
The infamous J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism, has joined with the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland to create the Knight Citizen News Network. This web site is dedicated to help traditional journalists and ordinary citizens create their own community news and information sites. It contains resources, learning modules, research and CitMedia…
Covering Communities is an interesting web site being run by a non-profit organization and a school of journalism as a way to promote journalism focusing on communities. The Hardwood Institute for Public Innovation and the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications are working together to broaden the understanding of journalists as it…
“Al Gore couldn’t believe his eyes: as the 2000 election heated up, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other top news outlets kept going after him, with misquotes ….while pundits such as Maureen Dowd appeared to be charmed by his rival, George W. Bush,” writes Evgenia Peretz in a Vanity Fair piece that…
It’s a challenging course for graduate students at UC Berkley’s School of Journalism about the new practices that are redefining journalism. Students are told they will learn about major new trends in online journalism; become fluent in a variety of digital media forms, creating blogs, as well as database-driven news “mashups; and work on a collaborative online news site.…