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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#536Always put good quotes up high. Quotes give a story oxygen.Mar 20, 2012
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#535Asking for public records, even for routine stories, establishes precedent and is useful when you want records for sensitive stories.Mar 16, 2012
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#535Use exit polls in primary elections to assess the appeal of specific candidates to specific groups of voters. You can learn how key voter groups elsewhere may vote.Mar 14, 2012
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#534Revising is the key to effective writing. No matter what you're writing, you can always make it more direct, succinct and powerful.Mar 13, 2012
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#533Use a beat blog to report small news items that wouldn't be stories anywhere else.Mar 08, 2012
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#532To develop a “voice” in your writing, put away your notes and ask yourself what can you say with authority about the story.Mar 05, 2012
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#531One trait successful entrepreneurs share: They are comfortable asking for money.Mar 02, 2012
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#530Watch the amount of information on individual web pages. Users often report they are overwhelmed by news sites that present too many stories.Mar 01, 2012
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#529Anticipate questions that readers might have when you are writing for the web. Become an advocate for them and tell them what they want to know.Feb 29, 2012
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#528Use a beat blog to publish details about a story that would be just a brief in print or a quick broadcast voiceover.Feb 28, 2012
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