Super Bowl research to tackle before kickoff
Looking to cover the big game even though you don’t work on the sports desk? We’ve gathered and summarized Super Bowl-related research.
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The 2020 Journalist’s Resource team picks: Some of our favorite JR pieces of the year
As 2020 thankfully nears its end, we’re taking a few moments to reflect on some of the JR pieces that meant the most to us this year.
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Misinformation: 3 tips to help journalists avoid being part of the problem
News media scholar Thomas Patterson offers three tips to help journalists avoid being part of the misinformation problem.
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5 takeaways from First Draft’s identifying misinformation course
A new online course from First Draft — our partner across the hall at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center — helps journalists use free tools to track down, source and verify information they find online.
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Data journalism syllabus: From numeracy to visualization and beyond
This syllabus offers faculty a guide for teaching basic data journalism skills, including statistical and visualization techniques, over a 13-week semester.
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Does torture work? The research says, “No”
As the Trump administration considers torturing suspected militants, the question of whether it helps elicit information or discourage insurgents is again important to policymakers, journalists, scholars and the public.
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Mining census data to better cover the health-gap story: A tip sheet from AHCJ
This tip sheet from the Association of Health Care Journalists offers reporters insights on the best ways to mine census data to better cover health-gap stories.
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Tip sheet from Columbia Journalism School: Safety and self-care strategies for every beat
This tip sheet on how to cover conflict and stay safe is from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.
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Reporting on health risk in medical studies, pharmaceutical trials: Tips from The Poynter Institute
2016 tip sheet from The Poynter Institute that explains how to report on changes in risk as it relates to health and medical studies and pharmaceutical trials.
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Interviewing a source: Tips
The basics of preparing, conducting, and editing an interview; with special emphasis on public officials and expert sources.
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