Tipsheets
Tipsheets
Browse more 5,000 tipsheets from our national conferences and Watchdog Workshops on how to cover specific beats, conduct a great interview and learn countless tips on where to find the information you need.
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The art of the interview
Watchdog stories pose special challenges, including how best to prep for interviews, approach sources, handle tough situations, navigate ethical trouble-spots and more. Learn how to master the interview to hold your sources accountable. -
Digital storytelling
Transform your website into a must-see site for your community. Multimedia storytelling tips will cover text, visuals and interactives. These days, no one really is a "print" reporter or "broadcaster." The tools of the trade — words, images, video, audio, searchable data, interactive graphics and maps — are available regardless of primary platform. See success stories and ways to work across multiple platforms to produce stronger enterprise stories. -
30 Stories in 60 Minutes
Watchdog reporting doesn’t need to take months to be effective. This batch of ideas will get you started right away, with ways to customize them for your own community and audience, from Cindy Galli and Lee Zurik. -
Art of the interview
Proven tactics for preparing for an important interview and getting the goods on camera, from Cindy Galli and Lee Zurik. -
Accountability interviews
Proven tactics for preparing for an important interview and getting the goods on camera, from Scott Friedman. -
Driving Impact Through Multi-Platform Reporting
Mark Greenblatt goes through the steps of making a story work across multiple platforms. He shared an example of a story that were presented through many mediums, not just its original broadcast form. He demonstrated how one story was stretched across seven platforms and the impact that reporting had. -
Beyond The “Nerd Box”: How to explain methodology better
You’ve done all the data crunching and reporting, now it’s time to sit down and explain how you did it. Feeling overwhelmed by too many information and worried nobody would read it? We’ve all been there. Some of us call it the “nerd box”, but we certainly hope the methodology section could reach beyond nerds. In this panel, a few experienced data journalists will talk about their approach to explaining the methodology and how we can improve to make it better. Topics we’ll touch on include: How to assure the visibility of important caveats and avoid confusion? How to set realistic expectation on readers’ data literacy? How to accommodate readers with different levels of interest? Is there any other way to describe methodology other than lengthy text? How to include the methodology for non-digital mediums like broadcast, radio, print or even social media? Join us for a rewarding discussion. -
Evolving forms and the future of live coverage
This presentation discusses the future and different forms of live coverage. -
The Investigative Interview
CBC's Julian Sher teaches you how to prepare for a tough interview using strategy and a few guidelines. -
Creating a watchdog culture in your newsroom
Veteran TV reporter Wendy Saltzman offers tips on how to incorporate investigative tools and techniques into everyday reporting, the pros and cons of having a dedicated I-Team, and how to foster a good reporter-editor relationship.