My friends who are moving to Pittsburgh are asking me if I want to join them, and this is making me question my potential career path and what I should do over the next year or so.
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posted by dean_deen
on May 6, 2013 -
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According to the Washington Post, the famous White House tape recordings that Nixon kept include recordings of aides G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt seriously plotting to assassinate muckraking journalist Jack Anderson in 1972. They were only stopped because the Watergate fiasco got in the way. Where can I get that recording?
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posted by Sleeper
on May 3, 2013 -
3 answers
I'm about 5 years into a steady freelance career of journalism. I'm self-taught, with on-the-job training. I'm looking for books, textbooks, professional associations, articles, or even great examples of journalism.
Especially interested in: investigative reporting, breaking news stories, following leads, interviewing people. I've done all this on the job, but I want to know how it has been done by experts.
Not looking for the career side of it (pitching, dealing with editors.)
I cannot (and do not want to) go back to school. I already have a master's degree in a subject area that has become my beat.
I have access to a bunch of
databases and the New Yorker archives.
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posted by Jason and Laszlo
on Apr 27, 2013 -
10 answers
It's looking like I'll be jobless this summer. Would it be possible to keep myself alive by taking photos of newsworthy events and selling them to news organizations?
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posted by Sheila Nagig
on Apr 25, 2013 -
8 answers
I'm doing some freelance journalism-y things, and I sometimes need to interview people over the phone whilst plugging away at my "day job." How do I record these calls? I have an iphone 4, if that makes a difference.
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posted by ablazingsaddle
on Apr 12, 2013 -
11 answers
I want to be great at interviewing people, but going to journalism school isn't an option. What books will help me most? How do I learn to recognize and ask great questions? How do I prepare? Who are exceptional interviewers I should check out, and what do you think I can specifically learn from them?
posted by ferdinandcc
on Mar 25, 2013 -
28 answers
I want a contact management system that will remind me to:
(1) follow up with new people I meet, and track when I do, and
(2) reach out to those people on a regular basis (and track when I do).
Please share your own app-based or text-based system for doing this!
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posted by incandescentman
on Mar 12, 2013 -
4 answers
I'm looking for examples of newspapers that use photographs particularly well -- for both quality storytelling images and strong design that showcases/utilizes news photographs well.
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posted by rinosaur
on Feb 18, 2013 -
6 answers
On a cold and New York winter afternoon, I sipped at my coffee and wondered at how to best phrase my question. I decided a direct approach would be best: when did editorials start to feature such long-winded and irrelevant introductions? What happened to the "reverse pyramid" I was taught in elementary, where you put the most important features first? Why is it not until the middle of the third paragraph that I usually find out what I'm reading? And do most readers actually like this style?
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posted by Citizen Premier
on Feb 17, 2013 -
20 answers
I work as a journalist. However, I only get articles in publications due to my personal relationships with the editor(s). I've never been able to send in an unsolicited pitch and have it accepted.
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posted by GiveUpNed
on Feb 11, 2013 -
8 answers
Here's an European writing a book/thesis about storytelling in journalism. What texts (linguistics, literary theory etc – preferably *not* mass communication theory) might help in analysing contemporary changes in that field?
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posted by earthwormsleg
on Jan 24, 2013 -
2 answers
I've already taught this college course on media literacy for one semester, with results that frustrated me (here's my
postmortem of my syllabus, including what students did and didn't get). Specifically, my students don't seem to understand how advertising influences the content of the media. I've been trying to remember where it was I developed the foundational ideas I have on the subject... and I realized, they're in a textbook I read in high school.
In 1991.
In a book which had its last edition that year.
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posted by gusandrews
on Jan 10, 2013 -
29 answers
A few days ago I went to see my local Career Advisor at school. She said I was miles ahead of every other humanities grad as I have 15 months of work experience. She told me to contact various guilds and organizations in my area...
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posted by GiveUpNed
on Jan 10, 2013 -
7 answers
Graduating in June with a BA Philosophy. I have two years journalism experience. I'm currently searching for jobs through my network and linkedin. Help please!
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posted by GiveUpNed
on Jan 3, 2013 -
5 answers
I have an ~18 hour flight ahead of me and I am compiling a
DIY ebook of longform journalism/non-fiction for my Kindle to get me through it. So, what is the best thing you read this year?
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posted by AceRock
on Dec 21, 2012 -
11 answers
Years ago Jack Hart, the esteemed editor and writing coach at
The Oregonian, posted the rough drafts of Tom Hallman's Pulitzer winning story
The Boy Behind the Mask somewhere
online. Perhaps to a writers'/journalists' forum or mailing list. One editor's reaction to seeing the progression of the story through the drafts was to call it the most instructive lesson he'd ever had in newspaper writing. Help me track down those drafts!
posted by AceRock
on Nov 26, 2012 -
0 answers
I read this
somewhere filter. A few years back, I read a very detailed description of a well known journalist (working at Reuters, or AP or something - it might have been Anthony De Rosa) who explained in great detail how he managed his Twitter and other (social) information streams to find original sources and be on top of breaking news. I would like to find
that specific article again.
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posted by NekulturnY
on Nov 8, 2012 -
9 answers
Looking for article about journalism being too concerned with political "savvy"
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posted by snarfois
on Oct 19, 2012 -
4 answers
I am thinking of creating a blog that focuses on longform journalism about sports and I need a name. Any ideas?
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posted by reenum
on Oct 15, 2012 -
10 answers
I'm wondering if anyone could suggest a tool or website that allows me to see a list of sites that a particular website is pulling news from. I know I can do this manually by looking at articles and noting the sites that are sourced, but I'm wondering if there is an easier way to do it.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
- Michael
posted by ISeemToBeAVerb
on Sep 29, 2012 -
2 answers
How do you manage your time and priorities as work ebbs and flows during your life as a freelancer? What do you do with your days between big jobs? What portion of your time is spent on paying work, managing your business (taxes, bills, sending invoices, etc.), personal/professional development, trying to find more work, networking, etc.? Do you deal with deluges and droughts, or is your work more steady and consistent, and how much control do you have about this situation? What do you do during lulls? How long did it take you to become comfortable with your workload after you became a freelancer?
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posted by croutonsupafreak
on Sep 10, 2012 -
5 answers
William Faulkner famously said, "The best fiction is far more true than any journalism." But where the heck did he actually say this? Does anyone know the book or article or interview where this quote originated?
posted by Dr. Send
on Sep 8, 2012 -
6 answers
What sort of cameras and gear do embedded journalists and war photographers use these days? Which cameras can handle the abuse required? How do they deal with problems like power, memory, and multiple lenses? Any information would be greatly appreciated; thanks, MeFi!
posted by reductiondesign
on Sep 7, 2012 -
14 answers
Where can I find the best online American political commentary and analysis right now? Looking for bloggers, columnists, reporters, websites.
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posted by lunasol
on Sep 6, 2012 -
14 answers
I'm looking for an online tool to create a daily web-based magazine for a citizen journalism collective. Ideally, it would gather articles, links and photos from designated multiple users on Twitter, and allow an editor to lay them out and edit them to create nice, readable pages.
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posted by scrm
on Sep 1, 2012 -
4 answers
I want to read about the dark side of the Internet, preferably in the form of a narrative.
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posted by Echobelly
on Aug 31, 2012 -
8 answers
Crowdsource my syllabus: I'm looking for the best relatively short music review essays, in a wide variety of writing styles and formats.
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posted by bahngerama
on Aug 28, 2012 -
16 answers
I was hoping to be offered a writing job on the editorial side, but instead I'm going to be on the business/advertising side. What does this mean for me?
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posted by Michael Pemulis
on Aug 10, 2012 -
6 answers
Looking for music journalism discussing German dance group Scooter.
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posted by LSK
on Jul 19, 2012 -
3 answers
I have been seeing several references lately to "post-truth" campaigns/politics lately, but I am not sure exactly what the definition is. I can infer what is implied, but want material that explains what it is.
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posted by annsunny
on Jul 14, 2012 -
7 answers
I majored in journalism and Spanish. My only work experience has been internships at newspapers and lots of Spanish tutoring. I do not want to be a teacher. Journalism jobs are pretty much unavailable for the conceivable future, at least for young people 3 years out of college like me. What else can I do? Where can I put my skills to use? My plan was to work in journalism or publishing. What else is there now that these industries are sinking, fast?
posted by sunrisecoffee
on Jul 13, 2012 -
12 answers
The newspaper I work for has asked me to take over reporting about the pharma business. I...know nothing about the topic or related topics. What should I be reading / doing to become an expert as fast as possible?
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posted by Omnomnom
on Jun 27, 2012 -
13 answers
How do you get a regular column/blog on Huffington Post, and how hard is it? It seems like so many people have one.
posted by shivohum
on Jun 18, 2012 -
4 answers
Quit-my-job-Filter: Some long-simmering animosities between my boss and me have just come to a full-rage boil, and I need to leave my full-time journalism job as soon—and as safely—as possible.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 10, 2012 -
14 answers
What are your tips for conducting freelance journalistic-type interviews for articles/non-fiction essays/books?
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posted by holdkris99
on Feb 25, 2012 -
8 answers
Help me find some riveting long-form journalism to read! I love thoughtful, explanatory, intelligent, slightly investigative single-topic pieces of writing. Can you help me find more? What are your all-time favorite pieces of long-form journalism?
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posted by firstbest
on Feb 14, 2012 -
37 answers
What's a good online layout exercise for journalism students? Seeking tools and ideas.
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posted by veggieboy
on Jan 26, 2012 -
5 answers
Help me understand a bit of journalese. When reporters say in an article that someone "declined to speak on the record" (which is a phrase that
crops up very often) is the journalist indicating that the person in question was interviewed off the record and that the journalist used these off-the-record statements to write the article?
posted by Kattullus
on Jan 18, 2012 -
19 answers
How do I not sound naive and awkward when interviewing people for freelance stories?
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posted by caoimhe
on Jan 13, 2012 -
11 answers
How can I translate thousands of files written in an old Macintosh word processing program called WriteNow, into a format that is easily accessible, probably Microsoft Word or RTF? It's a problem. I'm a writer and I used WriteNow exclusively for about 15 years. Now it is unsupported and an orphan. A translator program I used to use, MacLink Plus, no longer works on the current Lion operation system for Macintosh. Here's a link that describes WriteNow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WriteNow
posted by Alex Marshall
on Dec 31, 2011 -
10 answers
