Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Some helpful links (not just for interns)


Here are some resources (in old school typewriter font) for when you get stuck:


– The American Copy Editors Society, or ACES, (www.copydesk.org) link, http://www2.copydesk.org/hold/words/ offers tips on editing and headline writing, comments on cliches and bad writing, etc. ACES, the American Copy Editors Society, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) education and membership organization working toward the advancement of copy editors. Our aim is to provide solutions to editing problems, training and a place to discuss common issues. ACES is an international members’ alliance of editors working at newspapers, magazines, websites, traditional media outlets, Fortune 500, as well as freelance editors, students and their professors.

www.Poynter.org’s newsu has a wealth of resources for both young and seasoned journalists: http://www.newsu.org/resources; http://www.journalism.org/resources/j_tools; http://rjionline.org/ccj/tools

http://dinfos.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp. The Defense Information School (DINFOS) educates Public Affairs and Visual Information personnel for the U.S. Department of Defense. Here’s a link to its writing curriculum.

www.cjr.org. Columbia Journalism Review is a great magazine and its companion website is a treasure trove of information on media trends and analysis. This article is great for “rookies.” http://www.cjr.org/realtalk/reporting_for_rookies.php

http://www.spj.org/students.asp. The Society of Professional Journalists is the largest and most broad-based membership association for journalists in the nation. The journalist’s toolbox will delight you: http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/teaching-and-learning-about-journalism/. The New York Times Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content.

www.hsj.org/Students/index.cfm?requestAction=goMenuContent&CmsPagesID=181&menu_id=5. Aimed to give insight into the world of scholastic journalism — and reach beyond into the professional world — this collection of links is for student journalists and their teachers.

www.studentpress.org/sourcebook/. A directory of links and contact information for resources and organizations of interest to student journalists.

www.americanpressinstitute.org/resources/student-journalism.aspx. Resources, including scholarships, for student journalists.

http://nyujournalismtools.wordpress.com/. When you’re researching and reporting, you’re going to need credible sources, here’s a start.

http://www.threesixtyjournalism.org/node/64. ThreeSixty Journalism, a program of the University of St. Thomas, brings diverse voices into journalism and related professions by using intense, personal instruction in the practice and principles of journalism.

http://web.ku.edu/~edit/captions.html. University of Kansas provides a guide to writing captions and cutlines.

http://photographytraining.tpub.com/14130/. Private organization Integrated Publishing (www.tpub.com) provides user-friendly access to military educational publications, including this link to Navy public affairs and audiovisual guidelines.

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