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Forgetful of AP style? Then quiz yourself
For decades, the guru guide for news publication style has been “The Associated Press Stylebook” (full name: “The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law,” nickname: The AP Stylebook), a...
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Build your own website for free
More journalists these days are setting up their own websites where they can profile their work. It’s one of the best ways to grow your brand and display your resume online. I’ve taken web design...
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Getting started with quick, easy data visualizations
Charts, fever lines, maps and diagrams: They aren’t just for the Graphics Department anymore. There once was a time when reporters dealt with words and someone else dealt with the numbers and the...
View ArticleHow to use Facebook in journalism
Facebook has been around since 2004, yet there still are journalists among us who keep the social networking tool at arm’s length, preferring to play with it around friends and family instead of...
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Digital Media Tools: One click away
As we near the SPJ convention in New Orleans; it’s a good time to remind you of all the digital media tools we have written about in the past year. Just in case you’ve missed some of our past...
View ArticleFacebook Privacy Tips
My colleague Joel Abrams is a social media rock star. He just sent a memo to our newsroom with some great advice on handling privacy settings on Facebook, and how to enable the new “subscribe” feature....
View ArticleCensus Data 101
The US Census Bureau provides an amazing amount of data on almost anything you can think of…housing, jobs, wages, and so much more. Wanna turn that information into great stories, but not sure where to...
View ArticleStart here when conducting a background check
This may be difficult for budding journalists to believe, but there was a time when shoe leather was a reporter’s best research tool. Every pertinent document sat in a file viewable only in person,...
View ArticleFace-to-face beats FaceTime most every time
In our hyper-connected world, journalists are bound to think their jobs can’t get any better, what with social media filling communication gaps once considered too broad to hurdle. That’s because it’s...
View ArticleChange your sorry tech habits — now
We live in awe of technology, demonstrated with each remarkable advance over the generations. From the cotton gin to the computer, the tools we contrive to enrich our lives have affected how we behave...
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Get familiar with Google Maps Engine Lite
If you haven’t tried it yet, try it now: Google’s Maps Engine Lite. The stripped-down version of Google’s corporate-level Maps Engine, Lite, still in beta, lets you get geospatial without cost or...
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Learn how to be an investigative journalist, for free
Have you ever wanted to learn about investigative journalism but felt you didn’t have the money or enough flexibility in your schedule to do it? The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas knows...
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Digital Journalism takes a big step forward
From typewriters to Twitter, technology has shaped and reshaped journalism. Only now, the technology is coming faster than we can master it. In the span of a lifetime, hot type gave way to cold type,...
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Dear journalism student: Don’t worry, be happy
The School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, one of many schools that will welcome back students in the coming weeks.Photo – mojourcomm / Wikimedia Commons (CC) It is an important question -...
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Stop ignoring Instagram
Christmas arrived early for Instagram. The photo- and video-sharing service announced this week that it reached a major milestone: 300 million monthly active members. Not quite the audience of Facebook...
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What do communities say about SPJ’s future?
In this Net Worked guest post, SPJ national president Dana Neuts looks at the role of the communities, including SPJ Digital, the community where this blog operates, and what these communities mean for...
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The Kansan and student journalism in the digital age
The Chi Omega Fountain at the University of Kansas. Its student newspaper, the University Daily Kansan, has embraced a digital first model.(Photo: InaMaka/Wikimedia Commons under CC) In this Net Worked...
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Ask Questions, Get Answers
You know the phrase, ‘Ask and you shall receive’? No other advice rings truer for young journalists who are itching to get out in the business. It’s the classic professors’ ploy: “Questions? Anybody...
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The future of women studying journalism
The School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. Research shows an increase of women studying journalism compared to men.Photo – mojourcomm / Wikimedia Commons (CC) One of the items in modern...
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Women Who Lead: Newsroom and Beyond
As a young girl, I didn’t idolize Princess Diana; I didn’t know who Audrey Hepburn was until my freshman year of high school; Barbie was just a logo on a box in my basement, not my inspiration. Crazy...
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