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New policy re climate contrarianism comments as of 11/11/2009:
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Then there's FAIR (Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting ... http://www.fair.org/index.php), just to keep things confusing.
ReplyDeleteThe FAIR manual looks like it might be really useful. I think I should study it more closely, and see if I can get any ideas for further investigating SwiftHack.
ReplyDeleteThe KPOV handbook focuses too much on format, methinks.
-- frank
Don, I had a feeling a FAIR was missing; thanks.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes frank, I was impressed with the IJ manual ( tinyurl.com/ijafrica )
As for the other one, hey, if it's got stuff I don't know but need to, that's enough...
(since I'd like to get back into the radio station, after wrapping up a few more online things)
Haven't read it yet though.
> "...since I'd like to get back into the radio station..."
ReplyDeleteOr not; I kind of got brushed off, when I inquired again.
(& considering the quality of my gift of gab, this may not be entirely a bad thing)
Another good radio interview resource: Interview & Live Broadcast Tips
ReplyDelete...and, for the record: I'd made the previous comment ("...gift of gab...") before discovering the magic of audio editing.
:-)
While I see there's a cit-j handbook - (*book*, "on behalf of the Colorado-based National Association of Citizen Journalists (NACJ.us)"), I didn't see a sample chapter and didn't find the site's tone promising.
ReplyDelete(... why a *book*? if the info is good, a foundation should pay to make it available online.)
CitJ instructions&pointers are provided in video format at YouTube's Reporters Center; it's supremely frustrating though, since video's so inefficient, plus some %^&* videos bait&switch; I want to be able to skim the info, yet YouTube's not set up to allow people to effectively contribute notes&transcripts for others to easily find&read. Grrr. Did we really invent the web in order to go back to watching television?
#venting
p.s. to previous comment, links to an early excerpt of the handbook, and to its TOC.
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