Best Practices
This will be a place to archive tipsheets, ideas and best practices I’ve accrued over the years. Most of these have been written either by myself or my colleagues at the Herald News. Much of the information is based on workshops and seminars hosted by the fine folks at IRE. Another great place to start when trying to learn computer-assisted reporting is the Reporters’ Cookbook wiki. I hope these help.
- Accuracy checklist
- Audio, How To
- Backgrounding
- Beat development
- Beat maps
- B-matter
- Boxes
- Budgets
- Business & companies
- Byline policy for CAR reporter
- Campaign finance
- The Census
- City contracts
- Configure your browser toolbar
- The Copy Desk
- Crowd estimates
- The Daily Routine
- Databases & Access
- Documents every gov’t reporter needs
- Engaging young readers
- Fair Comment
- Google search
- Graphics, How to
- HIPAA
- Interviewing
- Islam, covering
- Legal Ads
- Mapping
- Math
- Narrative
- The Natural Plan
- Nexis
- Non-profits
- OPRA
- Pivot tables
- Projects
- Real Estate
- Research & data
- Revals/prop tax
- Spreadsheets & Excel
- Stats
- Story development
- Third Places
- Tools
- Training
- Transparency
- Weather stories
- Web research essentials
- The Weekbook
