Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk - Using Google Timeline to get a story’s history
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, google, Search, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Story context: Use Google’s Timeline tool to get a story’s history. You can zoom in on specific years. Go to news - news archive search, enter a search term and click the ’show timeline’ button. Tipster: Colin Meek
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Posted on May 14, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, google, Search | Leave a Comment
Story context: Quickly get the heads up on an issue using Google Trends. Enter your term and see how the search volume has changed over time and track news ’spikes’. You can also compare terms. Tipster: Colin Meek
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Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, RSS | Leave a Comment
Online research: Want a quick way to track changing content on pages that don’t have RSS feeds? See page2rss.com for hassle-free page monitoring straight to your RSS reader. I use it to monitor content such as conference agendas and info buried deep within sites. Tipster: Colin Meek
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Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, google | Leave a Comment
Story context: Quickly get the heads up on an issue using Google Trends. Enter your term and see how the search volume has changed over time and track news ’spikes’. You can also compare terms. Tipster: Colin Meek
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Posted on May 8, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists | Leave a Comment
Taking notes: Mark on every notebook the date started and the date it runs to. Write time, date and location of interviews and notes, with names of those present and contacts. You will be glad when looking for old interviews. Tipster: Tom Stainer
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Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, training | Leave a Comment
Journalism students: if you don’t already, then read, read and read again. Treat newspapers, magazines, websites etc as homework. The more you read, the more you will understand how articles are structured and where the ideas behind them come from. Tipster: Laura Oliver
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Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under freelance, Top tips for journalists | Leave a Comment
Freelancing: Consider a pro accountant to work out your tax return. Often the savings they make on your bill will cover the fees - as well as giving you peace of mind. And don’t forget to save receipts for EVERYTHING! Tipster: Tom Stainer
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Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, Newspapers, training, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism students: don’t just look on campus for writing opportunities. While student publications are a great starting point, getting involved with other local media will help distinguish your CV. Tipster: Laura Oliver
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Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, sport, Newspapers, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Starting out: Would-be sports journalists should diversify - jobs on national newspapers covering the premiership are scarce. Look at less well-served sport specialisms and wider issues and trends affecting the industry. Tipster: Laura Oliver
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Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Top tips for journalists, Standards, Audio, Video | Leave a Comment
Audio-visual: Online news videos/audio recordings/images should complement the story they accompany, not repeat it. Readers will not be happy if you simply ‘double-up’ on content. Tipster: Oliver Luft
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