A day in the life of an Oregonian beat reporter
The “Portrait of a Digital Day” below came from a memo written by Oregonian managing editor Susan Gage in 2013 and leaked to Romenesko. PORTRAIT OF A DIGITAL DAY — BEAT REPORTER The goal is to build...
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Notes collected by Eliza Collins from ONA 2013 Speakers: Rick Hancock, previous reporter in Conneticut during Newtown Kelly Sullivan, previous social media coordinator at Hartford Courent Christine...
View ArticleStory ideas from Dan Reimold
Notes collected by Jake Crump at ACP 2013. Pre-Con Workshop: 200+ Story Ideas: The Ultimate Student Journalist’s Brainstorming Guide Story idea takeaways: Toilet paper prices throughout the university...
View ArticleHow to write leads
An EmeraldU training session on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Speaker: Ryan Frank. Notes by Julianne Parker. Types of leads News Lead (hard): Who, what, where, when Feature Lead (soft): How and why Lead with...
View ArticleIntroduction to investigative reporting
Notes from Ryan Frank’s session at Emerald training week fall 2013. Day 3: Introduction to Watchdog reporting What is watchdog reporting? Exposes wrongdoing Pulls back the curtain Holds those in power...
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The Mariota model: A reporter’s guide to breaking news fast
Ryan Frank sat down with the 2013 sports editors to go over how to break news in terms of Marucs Mariota returning to the Oregon football team. The news breaks at 2:11 p.m. Dec. 3: Marcus Mariota will...
View ArticleHow to write headlines with an emphasis on search engine optimization
Compiled by Chelsea Wicks, fall 2013. DO: Figure out what the MOST important part/person of the story is. Put it in the headline. Use key proper nouns: names, locations, events Know what people will...
View ArticleAdvanced writing checklist
This checklist was prepared by Jim Sloan in fall 2014. Write tight. Most leads are too wordy. Edit it down and move any extraneous material to later paragraphs. Think subject-verb-object. Most news...
View ArticleTwo ways to approach a story
Written by Jim Sloan in fall 2014. Two ways to approach a story. The basic facts: State funding for a 10-year-old program to purchase conservation easements around cities in Oregon may drying up. State...
View ArticlePublic records 101
Prepared by Jim Sloan in fall 2014. There are a huge number of resources for public records and for information on finding public records. Let’s look at some. IRE is a treasure trove. Share story...
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