Tips on Reporting, Writing & Editing
More SAJA Career & Reporting Tips
Writing
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Chip Scanlan on storytelling on deadlineMust-read Sites
Bookmark and visit often- Bob Baker's Newsthinking
Excellent tips on writing, organizing and more
- ProJo's Power of Words
Weekly writing tips- Poynter's Writing & Editing
Variety of daily tips
Mervin Block's writing tips
Ideas for broadacst and print folks- Chip Scanlan's Chip on Your Shoulder
Almost daily help- Poynter/David Shedden's reporting & writing bibliography
Online resources and books - Bob Baker's Newsthinking
- Chip Scanlan on a cheap cure for writer's block
- Barry Siegel on organizing the long piece
- Eric Newhouse on his Pulitzer-winning series
- Warren Watson on encouraging good writing
Interviewing
- Eric Nadler
on
interviewing (pdf format)
- Jon Dube on e-mail interviewing
Reporting
- Bill Plaschke on parachuting into a small town
- Chip Scanlan on beat reporting
- SAJA Tips on war reporting
Opinion / Essay Writing
- John McCormick on seven steps to a strong opinion
- Chip Scanlan on writing the reported essay
Editing
- Foster Davis & Karen Dunlap on examples of great editors
- Ann Glover on the perfect copy editor
- Foster Davis &
Karen Dunlap tips for
a first-time editor