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Category Archives: Backgrounding for News Stories
Nov
20
Five Good Links for Thanksgiving Stories
Here are five websites that will help you fact-check or background yourself for stories this week related to Thanksgiving: HISTORY: To refresh yourself on what did and did not happen on Thanksgiving, check out Encyclopedia.com For backgrounding on Native Americans, … Read More →
Nov
14
Help for Thanksgiving Travel Stories
Okay all those turkeys crowding the coolers at the supermarket mean your readers, listeners and viewers are thinking about traveling next week to visit grandma, Aunt Suzy or their kids. The American Automobile Club (AAA) says 43.6 million will travel, … Read More →
Nov
05
Top 5 Election Sites For Research
Good luck to all of you spending a long, long day reporting on election day. Here are my top five websites if you need to research information on state or federal elections Tuesday: Federal Election Commission, with law, campaign finance … Read More →
Sep
25
Explain the Yom Kippur to Viewers, Readers, Listeners
At sunset Jews will be observing Yom Kippur, the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar. Some of you may be doing live shots from temples or interviewing a rabbi or alerting your audience to traffic tie-ups near synagogues. If … Read More →
Sep
05
Help for finding federal statistics
I spent 30 minutes on a federal agency website recently, looking for what I thought should be simple information. I finally had to call the public relations staff to get an analyst to help me. So here is a good … Read More →
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Aug
28
Emergency Tips to Give Readers, Viewers, Listeners
Even if you’re not in the path of the hurricane, consumers find it helpful to know what to put in an emergency kit. And with all the disaster coverage going on now, they are likely ready to read/hear tips on … Read More →
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Tagged disaster, emergency
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Aug
21
Story Leads on Education
Tired of doing the same-old back-to-school stories or looking for new ways to do education stories in coming weeks? Well, readers, viewers and listeners are tired of seeing the same old storylines. So what else can you do? The Education … Read More →
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Tagged education, schools
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Aug
13
Use MedLinePlus for Research on Mental Health Issues
With the attention paid to mental health issues recently — thes shootings at the Sikh templeand Colorado movie theater, as well as the guilty plea of the Arizona shooter — I checked out what I had in my list of … Read More →
Aug
09
Tips for Crime and Safety Stories
I’ve been updating a list of best websites in each beat for student journalists at The Newhouse School and found a gem for those of you who cover crime. And most general assignment reporters do! The Criminal Justice Journalists publish a … Read More →
Aug
03
Find Out News Today
A hat tip to recent alum Emily Maher, @eamaher90, for her recent tweet of a resource that will help with story generation. AP publishes a list of the 10 things to know each day in the news. And it’s available … Read More →