While the United States has enshrined press freedom in the first amendment to the Constitution, U.S. journalists are...
May 30, 2018Getting your bearings in a new place as a freelance foreign correspondent
May Jeong only recently moved back to the U.S. after spending four years as a freelance foreign correspondent...
May 20, 2018A checklist for assessing polls and surveys
Polls and surveys can be an important resource to understand how people feel about hot button issues. But...
May 02, 2018Two Los Angeles Times reporters have this advice for improving your immigration reporting
We asked Cindy Carcamo, the immigration reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Anh Do, who covers Asian-American...
Apr 17, 2018How a small team created a high-impact data reporting project
We’ve talked in the past about spreadsheets and public records for data journalism. You don’t have to be...
Apr 03, 2018Finding sources who ‘live in the shadows’
One important service of journalism is giving voice to the most vulnerable people in society. Phillip Martin, an...
Mar 21, 2018Reporting responsibly on suicide and mental illness
This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. If you...
Mar 07, 2018How to discover your voice on social media (without undermining your journalism)
This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. The rules...
Feb 21, 2018Five tips for reporting on scientific studies
Journalists fall victim to spreading bad science all the time. In fact, a science journalist once tried to...
Feb 07, 20189 rules for quoting in print, audio and video
This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. How to...
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