Journalism branding: Impact on reporters’ personal identities
This study, published in Journalism in 2017, examines how journalism branding efforts affect the personal identities of reporters, editors and columnists.
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Data journalism lesson with crime stats: Parsing close-call numbers
Tip sheet explaining a few basic statistical techniques that can help reporters and editors make decisions when there is some ambiguity — and a borderline “call” — inherent in the numbers.
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Girls in blue-collar communities face poorer job prospects
Young women in blue-collar communities are less likely to have jobs eight years after high school than their peers in other areas, an American Sociological Review study finds.
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First-time international reporting: Tips from a former foreign correspondent
A tip sheet for journalists traveling abroad to report for the first time.
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Reporting on people: 26 ways to find personal information deadline
This step-by-step guide can help journalists find public and private information about someone connected to a crime while working on deadline.
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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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The economic benefits of community college certificates in the job market
2015 study published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis that looks at the economic and other benefits of community college certificates.
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Welfare reform and unemployment among young, low-skilled men
2016 study published in Demography that looks at how welfare reform policies aimed at getting more single mothers into the workforce affected employment among young men.
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What should I be following to keep up with technology and news media issues? 10 suggested sources
2016 tip sheet offering 10 sources of information to help journalists stay informed on issues related to news media and technology.
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