This guide is unique. It is more than the traditional list of dos and don’ts that so many j-schools provide their students about acceptable journalistic practice. Instead, this one is posted online in a format that encourages debate and invites a conversation about the standard rules of journalistic practice. It’s New York University’s handbook on ethics, law and good…
For a long list of interactive, self-directed online courses you can visit News University. It’s a project of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. You will find courses on such things as writing headlines, editing copy, math for journalists and much more.
It was never meant for public consumption. But thanks to the Poynter Institute for posting it, we can all read the Columbia j-school dean’s personal assessment of recent changes at his school, one of the leading j-schools in North America. Nicholas Lemann reflects on the school’s recent efforts to introduce multimedia instruction, add intellectual content…
This thoughtful article from Insider Higher Ed explores the role of journalism schools in a world where journalism itself is in a state of flux. It follows a January 2008 meeting of journalism school deans and news executives in the U.S. at which the perennial questions about whether a journalism education is necessary for a…
More and more journalists are working with audio these days and learning from radio reporters. This is a fabulous guide for journalists about using sound and audio clips in their journalism. It’s a 21-page PDF with lots of good advice about story development, writing, and gathering sound. The best part of this guide is the…
There are countless guides to writing broadcast copy online. This is one of the better ones. It’s a clear list of 10 rules with good examples as illustrations.
One of the questions I am asked frequently, as a journalism educator, is whether we offer any of our courses online. We don’t — at least not yet, and I am not aware of any other Canadian journalism schools offering courses online, yet. But it’s easy to see why j-schools may consider it in the future. There is a clear…
This website is produced by four professional writers who use it to share lots of general advice about writing. But it also includes links to pages about such things as The Art of Writing News , The Impotence of Proofreading and something that is increasingly important in the online media world – Writing to be Scanned. The site…
If you are trying to teach or encourage your students to use RSS feeds, specifically through Google Reader, you may find this online video tutorial helpful as a teaching aid or additional link to any course materials you post on course websites. It’s a clear 10 minute guide with lots of screen captures and simple instructions. Be…
The website below contains links to a library of simple, short videos that teachers may find useful to introduce lessons about a wide range of new online tools. Common Craft Productions produces videos in what it calls “Plain English” about such things as blogs, RSS, social bookmarking and wikis. They are all only a few minutes…