John Sawatsky is an expert on interviewing and asking questions. Here is some coverage of his work. Tools of the Trade: The Question — Poynter The Question Man — American Journalism Review The Art of the Interview, ESPN-Style — NPR John Sawatsky and the power of simple questions — Signal v Noise Radio / The best …
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Journalism Resources
Education and Training Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Poynter Tow Center for Digital Journalism Publications Columbia Journalism Review Nieman Lab PressThink Source News Organizations Pulitzer Center Professional Associations and Consortia American Society of Journalists and Authors Asian American Journalists Association Association of Health Care Journalists Bureau Local (UK) International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) International …
Stand behind what you say
“I don’t care what you, or you shouldn’t care what I have to say if I’m not willing to put my name behind it.” — Daniel Okrent
What Mark Fiore is doing with his Pulitzer Prize money
Newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Fiore — whose app is now in the iTunes Store — had this to say: Since winning the prize brought attention to Apple’s policy of rejecting iPhone apps that “ridicule public figures” I figure the least I can do is devote more resources to ridiculing public figures.”
Religious nutters ask for advice, don’t get what they expected
Margo Howard, Ann Landers’ daughter, is also an advice columnist. Recently, she received a question from some religious fanatics: Our daughter started college a year ago, and we’ve noticed during her visits home that she’s not the sweet, innocent girl we sent away for higher learning. We raised her with strong Christian beliefs, but lately …
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Jim Cramer: He’s like a dartboard that talks
Greg Quill is a poor journalist
To: Bureau of Accuracy/Public Editor Janet Hurley, Entertainment Editor Greg Quill, Entertainment columnist Toronto Star This letter is in regards to Mr. Quill’s article, “Shaye no longer a trio, except on TV,” originally published at thestar.com/article/259441. [1] I was extremely disappointed with Mr. Quill’s sloppy and wildly inaccurate article. It listed an incorrect cause of …
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How to fix a newspaper
Jim Romenesko over at Poynter forums explains how to “reenergize readers” — that is, how to fix your newspaper, including: Go out in street, see news, write it up. Yank all columnists who write with the word “I” or cutesy variation thereof; run no column that contains not an ounce of new reporting; hold public …
tim redmond loses it
the san francisco bay guardian‘s editor, tim redmond, has been drinking something funny lately, resulting in him ranting against craigslist: The problem with that is simple: When Craig comes to town (and he’s coming to just about every town in the nation soon), the existing community institutions – say, the locally owned weekly newspaper – …