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Category Archives: Finding Stories
Apr
03
Help for covering religion this week
Okay, so you didn’t grow up Jewish or Christian and you need a little help this week. It’s Holy Week for Christians, and Passover begins Saturday for Jews, so here’s some key resources to help you understand the days, their … Read More →
Mar
20
Calendars Help You Find Stories
Finding stories is one of the hardest things about reporting — at least for me. So I like to gather online calendars that I can check for story leads of upcoming events. Here’s a list I use for Syracuse, N.Y: … Read More →
Mar
12
How to find twitter accounts of media
You are working on a story that tracks to another market. You’d like to know what the media in that location are reporting, so you can stay on top of the story. A quick way to do that is to … Read More →
Mar
09
Quick way to dash off a FOI request
Need the goods tucked in some government document? Or wonder if there is something in someone’s file cabinet or computer archive that will explain what’s going on? Busy reporters have little time to draft and produce freedom of information requests … Read More →
Nov
30
Use Globe of Blogs for story ideas in your hometown
Blogs are the electronic water cooler of our day–like the copy machine or maybe the Starbuck’s line — the place where you find out what people are talking about. Seasoned reporters told me to listen to the chat there … Read More →
Nov
14
Track words or stories in the blogosphere
update: Blogpulse was purchased and shuttered in January, 2012. If I put the word “Sandusky” into a blog search two weeks ago maybe I would have come up with something about the city in Ohio, near my hometown, that is … Read More →
Nov
03
Find out the buzz online
If you’re new to a topic or even trolling online for story ideas, why not spend a few minutes seeing what people are blogging about. It’s my new mantra — spend seven minutes on something to see what I can … Read More →
Oct
28
Let the news come to you!
I like the way Professor Jeff South of Virginia Commonwealth University put it at the Journalism Interactive Conference today: “sign up for news to come to you.” I’ve long suggested professionals and students should subscribe to e-releases from government agencies … Read More →
Sep
29
Help with news story ideas on environment
Stuck for story ideas? Get the free biweekly email or RSS of story leads from Society for Environmental Journalists, @sejorg. The list includes 4-5 leads every other week and it tips you off on reports to be issued, trends or … Read More →
Sep
20
Set grandma straight by snopes-ing that email!
Think one of those warning emails from your grandma about bad fast food or dangers at the gas pump is a story? Check out snopes.com What started as a hobby for a California couple, @snopes, became a small business in … Read More →