Search results for “5 questions” Showing 783 results #4 rule of pitching: Know what’s come before The lack of a simple clips search can tank your idea January 20, 2021 When writing news requires a distance from neutrality to “tell it like it is” Writing guru Roy Peter Clark analyzes an "astonishing lead," and unpacks the notions of objectivity and detachment in light of current events January 14, 2021 A reporter’s search for “lost history” becomes a best-selling book Worthy books are released almost every day. No doubt more than a few authors bemoaned the publication of their hard work this past year, when so much of the world’s… January 13, 2021 Reconstructing the tragedy of COVID from the epicenter of New York City’s outbreak One of the most heartbreaking realities of the coronavirus pandemic is particularly harsh: Patients usually die alone, separated from their loved ones with only a cellphone or iPad to say… January 7, 2021 Passports to authentic reporting: a foreign view, and a view through empathy At the end of this, a year that defies easy summary, we abandon attempts to try. Instead, here are two bits of lagniappe that came our way and we pass… December 31, 2020 A go-to list of how-to story craft posts from 2020 One the best things about writing, or any storytelling, as a career is also one of the worst: You’re never as good as you can get. Sourcing, research, interviewing, story… December 23, 2020 Journalists on the screen: a conflicted image The pop culture portrayal of reporters in movies and TV mirrors and shapes public perception of the press December 17, 2020 “He was old enough to dance to a good beat but too young to know his favorite color.” A line from a 1993 story about gun violence in America has stayed with me all these years. It was by DeNeen Brown of The Washington Post, called “Getting Ready… December 11, 2020 The keys to global journalism: curiosity, open-mindedness and a broad network As an Australian, I often feel that locally produced radio news and podcasts are too inward-looking. If the news doesn’t directly affect Australia, or have a strong link to this… December 8, 2020 How an editor guided coverage of racism in the life and death of George Floyd “Are we qualified to tell this story? Can we do it justice?” are important and clarifying questions for any journalist to ask before chasing a story. But the moral urgency… December 2, 2020 Previous 1 … 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 … 79 Next
