Jim Stasiowski, writing coach

Slow-learner, brick-by-brick approach to collecting facts

Jim Stasiowski, writing Writing coach Jim Stasiowski welcomes your questions or comments. Call him at (775) 354-2872 or write to: 2499 Ivory Ann Drive Sparks, NV 89436.It took 12...

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...
Gene Policinski First Amendment

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...
John Foust

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.