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17 Aug

Journalism educators need to rethink their role

Many award-winning journalists never studied journalism in university, raising the question whether people who don’t study journalism make better journalists. In an attempt to explore that idea, Betty Medsger, a leading […]

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16 Aug

Reflections about the declaration of principles

Some discussion about the World Journalism Education Conference’s declaration by journalism educators at the RConversation Blog.

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16 Aug

Declaration of principles of journalism education

The World Journalism Education Conference in Singapore adopted this set of principles in June, 2007.

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16 Aug

Audio vs. video storytelling

An essay about the differences between audio and video storytelling from a journalist who has done both in Canada and the U.S. the essay includes links to audio and video […]

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16 Aug

Producing breaking news online

A training module from the Gannet Corporation, a leading newspaper company in the U.S. designed to help newsrooms understand how and why they need to change their ways and put online […]

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16 Aug

Interviewing tips from NPR for young radio journalists

NPR’s project called Teenage Diaries on National Public Radio included a website with lots of tips for people about producing good radio stories. This page is the list of tips […]

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16 Aug

Learning to use the audio editing software Adobe Audition

A series of videos designed to teach people how to use one of the most popular audio editing software pacakges. Some of the sections are free online. There’s a charge […]

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16 Aug

Tips for producing radio reports from the BBC

A site designed for high school journalism teachers with lots of great advice about everything from using a microphone and editing software to writing and interviewing for radio. It includes […]

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14 Aug

Writing and using effective links in online stories

Poynter’s Chip Scanlan has started a new series called the ABC’s of Online Journalism. In this, his first column, he describes his views about when and how links should be used […]

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14 Aug

Journalism schools out-of-date

An article from Insidehighered.com about how journalism schools are falling behind and failing to adapt to the new media world. As a result, students are not learning the skills they […]

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