Archive for August, 2011

Aug
25

Understanding the scientific method also vital to understanding good journalism

Filed Under (Editing, Reporting techniques, Skills) by on 25-08-2011 and tagged , ,

Great piece by Robert Niles at the Online Journalism Review this week about journalism ethics and how science works: A journalist’s guide to the scientific method – and why it’s important Intuitively we know that the scientific method of research, hypothesis, testing and revision is what we do as journalists. Niles details the connections nicely and […]

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Aug
14

Missing the “man bites dog” story.

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So many complain about how much the US imports from other countries. Yet, when a change occurs for the US to export, the story gets lost or ignored. Well, that is not completely fair. The Americus, Ga., media covered the event. NPR covered it. VOA covered it. Even the Economist covered it. But the Atlanta […]

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