Ten hints for covering government
Best practices for reporting on the official and unofficial players in federal, state, and local government, as well as the communities that they affect
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Five ways journalists can use Twitter better
Post by Columbia University’s Sree Sreenivasan on ways journalists can effectively leverage Twitter, the leading micro-blogging service
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Case study: Knowledge-based journalism and the UNC News21 experience
Case study by UNC-Chapel Hill on giving a group of highly motivated journalism the means, knowledge and training necessary for them to create a innovative news product.
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Understanding financial statements
While many journalists focus on press releases about companies’ performance, financial statements — found in a company’s 10-Q and 10-K filings with the SEC — are the no-spin zone of business reporting.
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How to use SEC filings to cover companies
Six important Securities and Exchange Commission filings that business journalists need to know how to read quickly and effectively.
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Reading economic data releases from the government
Writing about the economy has to involve numbers, but it doesn’t have to be deadly dull. While the numbers are the story, a good economic journalist uses real-life examples to make those numbers come alive.
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Committee of Concerned Journalists: The principles of journalism
In 1997 the Committee of Concerned Journalists began a national conversation to identify the principles that underlie journalism.
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Associated Press style basics
The basics of Associated Press style from Boston University’s College of Communications.
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Chicago Manual of Style basics
If The Associated Press Stylebook was created specifically for journalists, the target audience of The Chicago Manual of Style is much broader — all writing and writers.
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