Reporting Notes Before Drafting an Article
Having a thick pad full of words doesn’t necessarily mean you know what an article will be about. You could…
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How to Ask Questions That Get You a Bigger Quote
Take an interview question you might ask your source and say it out loud: “Do you like the new schedule?”…
How Specific Facts, Scenes and Tensions Make for Better Journalism Leads
“Students are encountering many challenges this year” is a sentence with gravitas, but it fails to offer the reader anything…
How to Turn a Topic Into an Angle
A topic can feel like an exciting starting point because it sounds like anything and everything. Local schools, public transport,…