The Blog of the Basic Reporting Class for Spring 2018

"The key skills of introductory journalism courses - research, critical thinking, organizing, and clear expression - are also the key skills that the university tries, but often fails, to teach all students as part of their liberal education. Indeed journalists have refined these skills to a much higher degree than have people in many other disciplines." Betty Medsger, Winds of Change

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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There's the five-shot approach to video and slideshows. And another link to the process And there's the simpler t hree-shot o...
Friday, April 20, 2018

Thinking About Beats

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The Kings of the Beats (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The history of the word There's the cowpath   (a beat primarily based on locati...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Many Reporters do Work in Just This Way, Including Me

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Heatmaps! Mousetracks!! Where Do Your Eyes Stick When You Read Online?

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This is something I don't know much about. I am trying to learn. Here's a business-oriented perspective. Business Insider posts...

The Phrasing of Questions Matters

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I pulled the block quote below from a post on the Daily Kos blog. Background is that, based on polling, three separate news stories suggest...

Which Lead Do You Prefer and Why?

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1) Most coaches would steer clear of a team that went 5-27 the year before but being that bad was exactly what Jennifer Azzi was attracted ...
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Beat Reporter's Digital Day

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Taken from the great Romenesko OREGONIAN MEMO DESCRIBES A BEAT REPORTER’S DIGITAL DAY An unsigned, paper version-only memo (how iro...
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AP Styles Changes

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Who cares? That "they" thing. Freaking out!! A lively timeline Robertson is Old Fart. ( Dr. Old Fart to you.) laid v...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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The entrance sign to Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) This article originally app...
Monday, March 19, 2018

How to Deal with Lack of Coverage of Public Meetings

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You could enlist citizens. “There are hundreds of public government meetings, from the police board to local school councils, the educatio...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018

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Laberinto 1 (del Nordisk familjebok) (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) * Begin with a scene from the labyrinth, or at least the church. I ...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

British Comedian Has Lessons for American Journalism

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English: John Oliver, American Comedian Original description by Ted Kerwin: :Mitch and I were interviewed by John Oliver, lets see if we m...
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