A Beginner’s Guide for Journalists: Taking Notes
Taking notes is one of journalism’s most obvious and yet most under-rated skills. Here are some tips to making the most of that interview…
Category: Journalism How to be a good journalist
How to find a free picture
How to find free pictures for blogs or social media posts – and be absolutely sure that you won’t run into legal issues.
Step-by-step: How to tell if a news article is reliable
The Internet is big… so big. How is anyone supposed to tell whether a news website is to be trusted or not? Some quick tips to test for legitimacy…
What journalists do (part two): the checking of the facts
In a sea of confusing information, journalism is one way of sifting truth from nonsense. How do journalists do that?
How to stay on the right side of the law in journalism
Court reporting and general reporting: An updated version of my basic guide to “legals” in South African journalism.
Journalism: Who you gonna trust?
Journalists think they can be trusted. Everyone else… not so sure. Thoughts on dealing with the flood of information in which we all live.
Let’s celebrate those who uncover corruption
A documentary about a radical experiment with democracy in a village in Mexico got me musing about corruption and journalism.
How to be a good journalist
How to find a free picture
How to find free pictures for blogs or social media posts – and be absolutely sure that you won’t run into legal issues.
Step-by-step: How to tell if a news article is reliable
The Internet is big… so big. How is anyone supposed to tell whether a news website is to be trusted or not? Some quick tips to test for legitimacy…
What journalists do (part two): the checking of the facts
In a sea of confusing information, journalism is one way of sifting truth from nonsense. How do journalists do that?
How to stay on the right side of the law in journalism
Court reporting and general reporting: An updated version of my basic guide to “legals” in South African journalism.
Journalism: Who you gonna trust?
Journalists think they can be trusted. Everyone else… not so sure. Thoughts on dealing with the flood of information in which we all live.
Let’s celebrate those who uncover corruption
A documentary about a radical experiment with democracy in a village in Mexico got me musing about corruption and journalism.