Why the Kleiner Perkins sex-bias trial is an important story for women reporters
Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao’s gender-discrimination trial against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &…
March 20, 2015
Beth Winegarner
5 tips on how to desensationalize stories
Every year, news agencies fight harder than before to capture the audience’s attention -- and…
December 10, 2013
6 tips for reporters tracking state legal cases
Newsrooms across the country have been hemorrhaging staff for more than a decade. They've had…
September 27, 2013
6 ways journalists can keep their reporting materials private & off-the-record
The recent discovery that the U.S. Department of Justice has seized Associated Press and Fox…
June 5, 2013
6 tips for getting gigs as a freelance journalist
In Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe," freelancers or freelances were mercenaries -- knights who didn't belong…
October 2, 2012
How journalists can stay safe while working in the field
When journalists head into the field to cover a story, they frequently bring expensive equipment…
July 27, 2012
6 ways journalists can cope when covering tragedies like the Colorado theater shooting
Almost every journalist will report on a crisis at some point, whether it's a murder,…
July 20, 2012
5 tips for journalists who want to do a better job of cultivating sources
Sources are one of a reporter's biggest assets. If you cover a regular beat, you'll…
June 8, 2012
5 ways journalists can overcome shyness during interviews
When I was a kid, I was the walking definition of “painfully shy.” I was…
April 23, 2012
How journalists can stop the spread of misinformation when reporting on the occult
Police in Fairfield, Conn., say new DNA evidence may help them catch the suspect who…
April 2, 2012
The hot sauce trial: 5 ways journalists can improve coverage of research
Humans are messy and complicated. Psychologists and sociologists have put us through proverbial rats' mazes…
February 20, 2012