Author Archives: Barbara Fought

Oct 16

Try This One-Stop Sports Site

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Barbara Fought

Everybody likes to bad-mouth Detroit so I’m delighted to see the baseball team from my old hometown in the play-offs, especially since I live in Yankee country.  With sports a  popular topic around here, I was reminded to tell you … Read More →

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Oct 03

Internet Archive May Be Best Research Tool Ever

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Barbara Fought

I can’t imagine how it does it, but the Internet Archive says it has collected most everything that’s every been published on the Internet — 150 billion web pages! Plus it has recorded all the TV news shows produced since … Read More →

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Sep 25

Explain the Yom Kippur to Viewers, Readers, Listeners

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Barbara Fought

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 →

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Sep 19

Find Out What Medical Terms Mean

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Barbara Fought

If an AP story, a medical article or a medical staffer  uses a term you don’t understand, here’s a great site, Health Information,  to bookmark for all medical terms. The source is good — the National Institutes for Health. This site … Read More →

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Sep 12

How to verify an online source

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Barbara Fought

I was just checking a website purported to have helpful information about health care law.  The website didn’t list anything about the staff or owner in its “About” section.  When I checked who had registered the site I found a … Read More →

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Sep 05

Help for finding federal statistics

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Barbara Fought

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

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Barbara Fought

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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Aug 21

Story Leads on Education

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Barbara Fought

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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Aug 13

Use MedLinePlus for Research on Mental Health Issues

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Barbara Fought

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 →

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Aug 09

Tips for Crime and Safety Stories

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Barbara Fought

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 →

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