This is a video on common mistakes people make in pronunciation, spelling and word usage. I thought it was appropriate considering the Poynter assessment we have due this week.
This blog hasn't been updated in a while, but just reading through the archives still gives a lot of good info about cliche journalistic phrases to avoid
The post with rules on the most current events is always at the top, so it's easy to find. It's a little annoying that there is no way to look at archived posts, but I think the blog might be fairly new.
This is a blog run by editors at Gatehouse Newsroom. The rest of the website has a lot of resources for journalists, but the Editing Words blog is a great resource specifically for editors. They post AP Style rules and tips that pertain to current events, for example, the have a post explaining how to refer to "Obamacare" in stories.
Ok, this seems obvious. Journalists are inherently bad at math, but we all should be able to calculate a person's age. And to be clear, I am capable of doing that math. But let's say you're looking at court or police documents and it only lists a person's date of birth. Did this person just have a birthday? Or is it still months away? I like to use this age calculator to double check that I have the age right. This is something that's incredibly easy to get wrong. It's also an incredibly stupid mistake. You're probably the only one that is going to double check this person's age. Get it right.
This seems really sketchy to me. At least, the excuse does. I think any parent would be able to recall the events of what happened after their child committed suicide.
A lot of the things that these Vancouver Sun reporters allegedly did go against everything I've been taught as a journalist. But were they right in doing it?
We are constantly using "filler words" because they have become ubiquitous in the English language. We place them within our writing to follow today's standard of writing.
This is literally the most irritating misused word in the entire world.
The constant incorrect usage of "literally" takes away its true meaning. This is a good explanation of the denotations of the word.
Rather than writing a lazy word, look for clearer, more descriptive language
I like that they have biographies of numerous people on here, really helpful if you need more information on a person or just want to double check your facts
This website provides numerous tools to help journalists make sure they get the facts right. I really liked this website because it had almost every resource I could think of in one spot.
I know I've been hearing in a lot of my classes that with advancing technology, data-driven articles are becoming more common and accessible. Check out this tab for some cool examples of recent data-driven stories!
As a social media enthusiast, this point is SO SO SO important! If your mistake was on Facebook, you need to address it there first. That's where most of your audience who SAW this mistake is.
At some point, they or their company will screw up.
corporate executives must have a well thought out communications plan
Apologizing immediately shows that you acknowledge that something wrong has occurred. It does not equate to admitting any wrongdoing.
It’s important to be the first out of the gate to acknowledge the situation and its impact on the victims.
Respond where it happened.
If a company’s audience is active on Twitter, it should first communicate there and extend that communication to other platforms.
Committing to an investigation shows that the company is taking the issues seriously and equally important, it gives the company time to find out the relevant details of the problem while providing the public time to grieve knowing that there is some assurance that action will be taken.
