2022-03-18 16:45
New research into a common branding journalists use for themselves on social media is once again showing the wide disconnect between journalists and audiences.
The research, conducted at… Read More
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A blog about journalism and media trends.
2022-02-20 23:17
Crafting the perfect web headline has always been a touchstone of news coverage.
Journalism classes have been taught on headline writing, books on the subject have been written, and just… Read More
2022-02-12 14:52
Harry Truman once famously asked, “Why is it only sons of bitches who know how to lick a stamp?”
Nowadays that sentiment can be expressed about licking stamps, picking up a ph… Read More
2022-02-06 15:17
Dear Internet Trolls,
Let’s talk for just a second. I know you like to look at headlines on news stories, and maybe read one paragraph and then go straight on down to the comments s… Read More
2022-02-06 02:11
“Print is dead. I get all my news online now anyway.”
I hear this refrain all the time, or some other variation of it— and not just from the younger generation. It is a… Read More
2022-02-06 02:03
Journalists are frequently accused of asking obvious questions of their sources. While it isn’t possible to speak for or defend some legitimately questionable questions, there are seve… Read More
2022-02-05 22:21
One of the greatest benefits digital publishing gives newsrooms is the ability to show the context of today’s stories in ways we have never been able to in the past. In print, the… Read More
2022-02-05 21:30
Is it time for newspapers to say goodbye to their opinion sections? I’ve always been a defender of the opinion page for its tradition of unsigned editorials that motivate societal chan… Read More
2022-02-02 14:05
If you’re a new to journalism and covering a beat that involves government meetings, you may find yourself struggling with how take a rather bland government meeting and turn… Read More
2022-01-31 23:16
Is your news organization still holding off on publishing stories online until they have either run in the print edition or been broadcast on-air?
This isn’t as much of a problem as… Read More
2022-01-31 22:59
One of the chief complaints I’ve gotten throughout my career, whether it be professionally or just talking about the news with friends, is that the news is too negative.
“We w… Read More
2018-06-03 20:40
Your tassel has been turned and you’ve gotten your diploma. Many of you have had the bittersweet moment of putting Read More
2018-01-26 01:42
Comments section got you down? Have the criticisms of your craft and mean tweets about your work or your news Read More
2018-01-23 20:00
A Michigan man was arrested after calling CNN about 22 times last week calling them “fake news” and threatening to Read More
2018-01-15 22:48
Facebook announced last week that it will be making changes to its news feed that will start showing users more Read More
2018-01-05 17:44
Sometimes newspaper reader simply cannot contain themselves and decide to take their frustrations out on lowly reporters and editors. Julia Read More
2017-12-29 19:26
It’s that time of year again where the world of journalism is inundated with year-in-review features and predictions about the coming year. I’ve seen several predictions from exp… Read More
2017-12-08 22:41
This post is obviously going to be geared more toward print journalists than broadcast journalists, but it may contain useful information for both. To all the newspaper editors out there, if… Read More
2017-11-20 22:24
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta was set for demolition today and The Weather Channel was all set to cover it live. Instead, their coverage served as a reminder that you just can’t predict… Read More
2017-11-06 19:37
Twitter is an excellent tool for journalists to keep their fingers on the pulse of their audiences. Except, of course, when it isn’t. According to recent information on the role of Rus… Read More
2017-10-21 21:30
In addition to not being the best at math, another area where journalists tend to struggle is science. This makes reporting on scientific and medical studies difficult because we have a tend… Read More
2017-10-13 20:12
President Donald Trump continued his apparent war on freedom of the press this week by threatening to have NBC’s broadcast license revoked after the network ran a news story he found u… Read More
2017-10-03 02:21
One of the more disturbing aspects of Google and Facebook’s propagation of false information when the Las Vegas shooting news first broke was Google’s explanation of how a false… Read More
2017-09-27 22:21
Twitter’s announcement that it is considering and testing allowing 280-character tweets may have some of the social media giant’s fans lamenting the watering-down of the platform… Read More
2017-09-12 17:29
Journalists aren’t exactly known for their mathematic skills. In this case, it looks like someone missed the mark by, oh about 19,200. “Math” by Silenceofnight is licensed… Read More
2017-09-11 18:39
Among the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were two journalists. One died at ground zero photographing the burning towers. The other was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11. BILL… Read More
2017-09-10 01:48
“If you’re dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you’re smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you.” -Aaron Sorkin Journalists are taugh… Read More
2017-09-02 19:04
To All The Journalists Covering Harvey: If you had some role in the coverage of this natural disaster, whether you work for a large cable news outlet or a small local newspaper, I’d li… Read More
2017-08-16 14:02
We all get criticisms about our coverage from our audiences, but how often are they telling the truth? Web analytics data will often tell the truth that your audience won't tell you Read More
2017-08-07 21:24
On Friday, Donald Trump began a 17-day vacation at his New Jersey golf resort, which became a huge news story, with CNN‘s Anderson Cooper, going as far as to call the president “… Read More
2017-07-28 21:26
I mentioned in an earlier post about news chyrons that they could be an effective method of fact-checking. Since the election of Donald Trump, MSNBC has started actively using the lower-thir… Read More
2017-07-21 23:48
One can’t expect to work in journalism without being exposed to a little venom from the public every now and then. However, many journalists have noticed an uptick in the public’… Read More
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