Recommendations for improving Election Night coverage: Keeping the lessons of 2000 alive
Article and tip sheet for news media doing election night coverage, aggregating key lessons learned from the 1968 and 2000 elections.
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Digital access to knowledge: Research chat with Harvard’s Peter Suber
2012 interview with open access scholar Peter Suber, who explains the state of online scholarship and free access to it.
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Research chat: DePaul’s Mike Reilley on information resources, journalism education
2012 interview with DePaul journalism educator and Journalist’s Toolbox editor Mike Reilley.
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“Social science done on deadline”: Research chat with ASU’s Steve Doig on data journalism
2012 interview between News21 collaborators ASU professor Steve Doig and Alex Remington, of Journalist’s Resource.
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Access to government records and FOIA tips: Guide for citizens and journalists
Guide from the Citizen Media Law Project providing an overview of FOIA and other techniques for finding documents at different levels of government.
Expert Commentary
Recording phone calls and conversations: Legal guide from the Citizen Media Law Project
Legal tip sheet from the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard’s Berkman Center.
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Research chat: David Karpf, scholar of Internet organizing and activism
2012 interview with George Washington assistant professor David Karpf about the changing patterns of Internet-based activism in America.
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Glossary of common terms used in digital journalism
Crowdsourced glossary of common digital-journalism terms from Hacks/Hackers
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Advanced Internet research techniques: Five key lessons from Google
Overview of search lessons and techniques from Google, with a focus on how to locate scholarly and research-related resources.
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Research chat: Ron Suskind on investigative reporting, interviewing and documents
2012 interview with author and investigative reporter Ron Suskind about his reporting and writing techniques.
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