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The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute

We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

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A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news -- what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

Translating Transit Stories for Viewers

Deborah Potter, Executive Director, NewsLab, July 30, 2006

From CCJ partner NewsLab.

Reporters covering proposed transit systems and expansions have a distinct disadvantage -- there are literally no visuals. How do you illustrate something that doesn't yet exist? Most stories resort to showing areas where the train might run if built, abandoned railroad tracks the trains might use, or incorporating video from other cities with existing transit systems. So how do you turn a vision of future transit systems into a visual story?

This tip sheet offers some suggestions, plus a guide to Internet resources on transportation.

Consider All the Angles

Focus on the Individual

Investigate the Assumptions

Click here for details on NewsLab.org.

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