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Ira Glass has built a reputation for being one of America’s great radio storytellers and is now the producer of National Public Radio’s This American Life. In this three part series, Glass describes how he learned his craft and shares…

An online quiz (with answers) for journalists and journalism students to test their ability to do the kinds of basic calculations they are often required to do for their news stories. It was prepared by the School of Journalism and…

A useful set of tips for writing better headlines from Sharon Burnside, the Assistant Managing Editor for the Toronto Star.…

A list of useful tips about preparing for and conducting effective interviews for reporters prepared by Paul McLaughlin, one of Canada’s well-known instructors and authors on interviewing for journalists.…

A second math test for journalists by Steve Doig at Arizona State University who admits to being inspired by the test at “Math test for journalists.”…

This site called Statistics Every Writer Should Know provides a simple guide to understanding basic statistics for journalists who might not know math. It’s put together by Robert Niles, a journalist and website editor in California. It includes clear, simple…

An article by a Mark Anderson, a teacher at Algonquin College in Ottawa, about the special challenges of making young journalism students see the value in learning business journalism. The piece ran in the Ottawa Citizen in January, 2007…

The new CBC.ca inludes a page of links to a collection of interviews with great Canadians. The collection includes both radio and television interviews. A terrific resource.…

Pulitzer-prize winning reporter, Eric Nalder, formerly of the Seattle Times, now with the San Jose Mercury News, has given workshops on interviewing to reporters for years. His tips for doing great interviews are posted at various sites online.…

A helpful glossary of definitions from the Online Journalism Review about the common jargon used in Web journalism.…