Training Tip of the Day
Each day, Poynter's News University will share a tip, a suggestion or idea to help your reporting, writing, editing, photography, design, and multimedia work better. We'll draw tips from our more than 150 training modules. Follow us on Twitter with our #nutip hashtag. Or subscribe to our RSS feed.
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#597Avoid numbers soup. Use no more than two or three numbers in a paragraph and have no more than one or two paragraphs in a row that contain numbers.Feb 27, 2013
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#596Mentions of race and/or ethnicity in reporting often fall into four categories: inexplicable, uneven, misplaced and unexplained. Be wary of these.Feb 27, 2013
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#595When it comes to covering climate change three words -- range, probability and uncertainty -- are critically important, because they mean the questions do not have simple, absolute answers.Feb 27, 2013
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#594Breaking news with Tweets allows you to provide context, link to other information – and promote your news organization.Oct 19, 2012
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#593To protect yourself from legal liability, be completely forthright with your editors and trained media lawyers.Oct 15, 2012
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#592To tell a dramatic story, look for the obstacles confronting the main character. Write scenes that describe his or her reactions.Oct 12, 2012
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#591Journalists should to be willing to make the call (say what is true and what is not) when fact-checking--for politics or any topic.Oct 11, 2012
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#590Aim the lights high and keep them out to the sides when photographing a person with glasses.Oct 10, 2012
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#589You can achieve a specific tone in writing when you "slow down” the pace with shorter sentences.Oct 09, 2012
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#588Use two people as your main characters if you want to make a comparison: this versus that; rich versus poor; young versus old.Oct 08, 2012
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