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Religion

Six reporting tips for covering Islam in America

Kalpana Jain | February 7, 2019
Hannah Allam, who has reported on the lives of American Muslims for many years, shared six tips for providing an accurate portrayal of Muslims and Islam in America.
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Reporting

Five ways to find public figures’ yearbooks

Chloe Reichel | February 5, 2019
Often, yearbooks are available to journalists – you only need to know where to look. We've compiled resources to aid your search.
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Reporting

Covering viral research: Tips from Harvard’s ‘6 french fries’ guy

Chloe Reichel | January 10, 2019
Eric Rimm reflects on his viral comments about French fries, offering pointers for how to cover research that’s getting a lot of media attention.
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Reporting

7 tips on health care reporting from POLITICO’s Joanne Kenen

Chloe Reichel | December 10, 2018
Journalist’s Resource spoke to POLITICO's health care editor, Joanne Kenen, to clarify common areas of confusion in health care reporting.
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Reporting

Interviewing white-collar criminals: 6 tips from Harvard Business School’s Eugene Soltes

Denise-Marie Ordway | December 7, 2018
Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes, whose research focuses on corporate misconduct and fraud, offers tips on interviewing white-collar criminals such as Bernie Madoff from behind bars.
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News Media

Readers respond: Pro tips from scholars for journalists (and vice versa)

Carmen Nobel | November 26, 2018
Among the main takeaways: Journalists would like academics to understand their tight deadlines. And academics would like journalists to take a statistics class.
ur Lives, New York City, March 24, 2018 / Mathias Wasik for Flickr)
Writing

Covering gun violence in America: Tips from German Lopez

Chloe Reichel | November 8, 2018
Vox's German Lopez discusses gun violence in the U.S. and what journalists can do to improve their coverage.
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Ads, Public Opinion

The margin of error: 7 tips for journalists covering polls and surveys

Denise-Marie Ordway | November 5, 2018
To help journalists understand margin of error and how to correctly interpret data from surveys and polls, we’ve put together a list of seven tips, including clarifying examples.
Reporting

Beyond Gab: The widespread social problem of online extremism

Chloe Reichel | October 30, 2018
“If it's not Gab, it's going to be another platform... the sentiment and the ideas fostered by these communities are not going to be fazed by technology.”
Maria Hinojosa leads a seminar at the Shorenstein Center. (Susan Mahoney)
Reporting

Covering the Latino immigrant community: Tips from Maria Hinojosa

Chloe Reichel | October 12, 2018
Tips for reporting on the Latino immigrant community and mental health issues from award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.

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