Category Archives: Continuing Coverage

Jun 06

Helping Your Audience in Hurricane Season

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Barbara Fought

With Florida under a Tropical Storm Watch, I thought it time to update and repost some resources for both journalists and citizens related to hurricanes. FEMA advice on what to do before, during and after a hurricane Apps for readers, … Read More →

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Apr 11

Open States Unlocks State Legislative Information

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Barbara Fought

Available for all 50 States, plus DC and Puerto Rico New to a state and want to find out the government players? Need to track legislation at the statehouse? Want to be notified when bills pop up on a certain … Read More →

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Apr 10

Top Five Web Sites to Follow News

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Barbara Fought

Job requirement: keep up with the news. So what are the best sites to check or autoload on your web browser? In our student newsrooms, we see the AP wires within the ENPS system where we write scripts. But in … Read More →

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Mar 12

How to find twitter accounts of media

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Barbara Fought

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 →

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Sep 06

Follow website changes

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Barbara Fought

Follow changes or new info at a company or organization website by setting alerts such as watchthatpage.com to tell you when its homepage changes. Or any interior page.  It’s free! You can have the updates sent as frequently as you … Read More →

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