Category Archives: News

Election Day is traditionally a long and stressful day for newsrooms. Newsrooms have often soothed themselves on these days with pizza and sweets. WBA Newsroom knows a newsrooms needs some stress relief today and encourages reporters, producers, photographers, news directors, and everyone else in the newsroom to do what... - MORE -

If you’ve spent any time fact checking, you know that it’s a lot harder than it sounds. Today we have a series of videos to share with you about how to improve your fact-checking abilities. You can check them out here. Here’s one of them that explains how you can... - MORE -

You write every day for work, but when’s the last time you thought about your writing. Take a quick break from the typing to brush up on your skills. Poynter collected writing tips from a group of veteran journalists.... - MORE -

Data can be useful for powerfully sourcing your stories and for generating story ideas. Poynter is sharing a list of databases and reference documents that every reporter could find useful. The next time you’re wondering what important story you could bring your audience, remember that there are countless stories waiting... - MORE -

Reporter wants to report all of his or her information on the record, but sometimes, despite your best efforts, you need to use a source that is off the record. There are cases where this can be done, but does your audience understand how that works? The New York Times ... - MORE -