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• Successfully reporting on the military

  This tipsheet offers current "notes from the field" from experienced journalists on how to navigate closed-off waters in order to effectively report on the U.S. military.

  Tags: military; Navy; Army; Marines; Pentagon; war reporting; classified information

  By Sam LaGrone, Sig Christenson and Sarah Rafique

  2019

• How to use audio to break assumptions and create empathy

  Michigan Radio and NPR’s podcast "Believed" moved beyond the headlines for an intimate look at how a detective, prosecutor and army of survivors brought down former U.S.A. Gymnastics doctor and serial sex offender, Larry Nassar. In this tipsheet, learn how Kate Wells and Lindsey Smith investigated Nassar's assaults through the voices and experiences of his victims and their families to capture listeners and hit the number one spot on the iTunes chart.

  Tags: podcast; Believed; NPR; Michigan Radio; storytelling; podcasting; Larry Nassar; sexual abuse; U.S.A. Gymnastics; #MeToo

  By Lindsey Smith and Kate Wells

  2019

• Reporting on guns presentation

  With more guns than people in the U.S., you’d think there would be an army of journalists covering every aspect of guns, from gun violence to the business of guns to gun policy and everything in between. The reality is, there are precious few journalism resources dedicated to consistent coverage of guns. Most newsrooms only get involved when there’s a mass shooting. This presentation includes stories from some of the best in the business as we talk about how to cover guns and highlight recent in-depth reporting on them. We aim to send you back to your newsroom with story ideas you can execute right away, along with resources you can use for the long haul.

  Tags: guns; firearms; reporting; violence; mass; shootings

  By Lois Beckett, Ben Hallman, Matt Drange, Mike McLively, Jonathan Bullington

  2016

• The Bot Emporium

  Do you or others in your newsroom do some of the same tasks over and over? Are there stories you'd like to get, but they seem like they'd need too much manual copy-and-paste work? Are you a reporter or editor who just wants to know about updates to data sets online? In this PowerPoint presentation, you'll learn about a variety of services, libraries, tutorials and other tools to help you build your own bot army.

  Tags: bots; bot

  By Justin Myers

  2016

• The Bot Emporium

  Do you or others in your newsroom do some of the same tasks over and over? Are there stories you'd like to get, but they seem like they'd need too much manual copy-and-paste work? Are you a reporter or editor who just wants to know about updates to data sets online? In this tipsheet, you'll learn about a variety of services, libraries, tutorials and other tools to help you build your own bot army.

  Tags: bots; bot

  By Justin Myers

  2016

• Lightning talks (Sponsored by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation)

  "Refactoring; or Why Your Code Sucks and How to Fix It" by Chris Groskopf "A Few of My Favorite Wee Things" by Lena Groeger "Natural Language Processing in the Kitchen" by Anthony Pesce "Five (more) algorithms in five (more) minutes" by Chase Davis "What we can learn from terrible data viz" by Katie Park "Practical Calculus" by Steven Rich "Detecting What Isn't There" by Sisi Wei "The whole internet in 5 minutes!" by Jeremy Bowers "How to Raise an Army" by Tyler Fisher "You Must Learn" by Ben Welsh

  Tags: code; language processing; internet; data visualization; algorithms; calculus

  By Christopher Groskopf; Lena Groeger; Anthony Pesce; Chase Davis; Katie Park; Steven Rich; Sisi Wei; Jeremy Bowers; Tyler Fisher; Ben Welsh

  2014

• Covering Breaking Military News

  Capaccio gives extensive tips on how to cover breaking military news. From numbers to call and websites to check, you'll have everything you need from this tipsheet.

  Tags: military; breaking news; army

  By Tony Capaccio

  2012

• Homecoming: Covering the Returning

  This tipsheet outlines story ideas for covering returning veterans. It includes things that may be issues within your community and how to approach these stories. Kennedy also includes tips on how to interview veterans.

  Tags: veterans; military; traumatic brain injury; Afghanistan; Iraq; Marines; Army; Navy; sleeping disorders; post traumatic stress disorder; government

  By Kelly Kennedy

  2010

• Military Beat Handout

  Capaccio's tipsheet arms reporters with key tips and strategies for covering the military. He gives tips for your first week on the beat, as well as information on: contractor deaths; phone lists; social media; enforcers; obtaining military records/fakes; analysts. He details why these are important and provides helpful links

  Tags: military; armed forces; military records; service records; contractors; Army; Navy; Air Force; Marines; National Guard; war; Iraq; Afghanistan;

  By Tony Capaccio

  2010

• Covering the Military Beat

  Capaccio discusses the challenges of reporting on the military. He suggests resources to familiarize yourself with when you begin to cover this beat, and how to organize yourself so you have the needed resources at hand - from Pentagon URLs to up-to-date phone lists. Included in this document is a chart of Military Insignia and what each stands for by specific branch of the military. He also includes sample documents from military resources

  Tags: military; contacts; Pentagon; Pen and Sword: A Journalist's Guide to Covering the Military; Ed Offley; Army; Marines; POGO; Project on Government Oversight; The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment; CSBA

  By Tony Capaccio

  2008