Slow-learner, brick-by-brick approach to collecting facts
Jim Stasiowski, writing
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Tiptoeing through the minefields inherent at community newspapers
By Gianna Barberia,
Bulletin Correspondent
“We’ll be sharing our war stories,” Earl Brechlin, editor of the Mount Desert Islander of Bar Harbor, Maine, said to a laughing...
Who brings us the news? Men, mostly
Gene Policinski, inside the First Amendment
Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center....
The view from the flip side: From reporter to Kerry aide
By Jesse Goodman, Bulletin Correspondent
Glen Johnson on a plane trip with Secretary of State John F. Kerry, wearing headphones in background.
When Glen Johnson began his...
Journalism Awards
Key First-place Journalism Awards
General Excellence
Larger Dailies
Republican-American, Waterbury, Conn.
Smaller Daily
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
Larger Weekly
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
Smaller Weekly
Mount Desert Islander, Bar Harbor,...
Journalists are not the enemy of the people
In August 2018, more than 350 news outlets across the country participated in a coordinated effort, publishing editorials that defend the vital role that...
Transitions
CONNECTICUT
Woody Klein has retired as a news columnist for the Westport News after 50 years. Klein’s career began as a reporter for the Mount...
The importance of time management
David Ogilvy, one of the legends of the advertising agency business, was known for his extraordinary efficiency. I once read that he would often...
Don’t let pursuit of ‘shiny things’ diminish reporting
All journalists can look back decades or even just a few months to see examples of the “shiny things” that distract us from our...
If one tip can improve your work, it would be…this one!
Bart Pfankuch is an investigative reporter for South Dakota News Watch. Write to him at bart.pfankuch@sdnewswatch.org.







