Your job description has changed. Where does that leave the journalist in this current news ecosystem? What value do we bring?
Using Your iPhone for #iPhoneReporting
February 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There’s very little the iPhone hasn’t disrupted when it comes to collecting, sorting, producing information in the field. So what are the best tools and techniques for reporting in the field using your iPhone? A Twitter chat with @jrue, @MarcSettle, @AugensteinWTOP and @biancavtoness had a lot of great insight into the process.
Voice Of San Diego’s New Reporter Guidelines
November 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Many reporters work for media companies that can’t or won’t change. Voice of San Diego isn’t one of these organizations.
Quinceañera Photography Project
August 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
What does it mean to be a girl in one culture and a woman in another? One of the first assignments as a photojournalist gave me an opportunity to explore this cultural crossroads many quinceañeras face.
Signing off The Daily Californian Desk Drawers
August 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On your last day as an editor at The Daily Californian, you’re asked to pull the drawer from your desk and sign your name. It’s tradition, after all. I remember seeing a bunch of names I never heard of before. Scribbled in blood red was a Daniel Hernandez. There was a David Lazarus, too. What became of these young, eager journalists?
To tradition, sharpie markers and all that is TK.
“Todo para el arte.” -Steve Saldivar.
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How Journalists Can Find Sources on Twitter
July 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
When Ruxandra Guidi was tapped to become KPCC’s emerging community reporter earlier this year, she took to Twitter for help.
100 Social Media Editors Can’t Be Wrong
June 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Your Business Card Can Double as a Release Form
June 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Release forms top the list of one of the more important items to have handy but often are forgotten back in the office. I learned this tip as a News21 Fellow reporting on incarceration in California.
Steve Padilla Explores the Art of Self Editing
May 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Holding a microphone in one hand, Steve Padilla paces in circles. The assistant national editor at the Los Angeles Times is chasing the right words to console a room of budding journalists looking to improve their writing skills. He finally pauses.
“Who is your Hamlet?” he asked. “What is your Hamlet? What is your point?”
