On asking questions

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 – …