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    Reflections about the declaration of principles

    Some discussion about the World Journalism Education Conference’s declaration by journalism educators at the RConversation Blog.

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    Declaration of principles of journalism education

    The World Journalism Education Conference in Singapore adopted this set of principles in June, 2007.

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    Audio vs. video storytelling

    An essay about the differences between audio and video storytelling from a journalist who has done both in Canada and the U.S. the essay includes links to audio and video examples.

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    Producing breaking news online

    A training module from the Gannet Corporation, a leading newspaper company in the U.S. designed to help newsrooms understand how and why they need to change their ways and put online news first. It…

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    Interviewing tips from NPR for young radio journalists

    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…

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    Learning to use the audio editing software Adobe Audition

    A series of videos designed to teach people how to use one of the most popular audio editing software pacakges. Some of the sections are free online. There’s a charge for viewing…

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    Tips for producing radio reports from the BBC

    A site designed for high school journalism teachers with lots of great advice about everything from using a microphone and editing software to writing and interviewing for radio. It includes audio reports…

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    Writing and using effective links in online stories

    Poynter’s Chip Scanlan has started a new series called the ABC’s of Online Journalism. In this, his first column, he describes his views about when and how links should be used in online…

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    Journalism schools out-of-date

    An article from Insidehighered.com about how journalism schools are falling behind and failing to adapt to the new media world. As a result, students are not learning the skills they need in the…

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    Ethics in multimedia storytelling

    An interesting blog discussion about what guidelines should be used to ensure fairness and accuracy when gathering and producing audio material to accompany multimedia stories online.