Debora Wenger
How to write a mobile news story
According to research from the Nielsen Norman Group, it may be nearly twice as hard to comprehend information you consume on a smartphone-sized mobile device. The limited amount of information displayed on the screen requires users to remember more as they move from screen to screen. In addition, the act of scrolling is a distraction, …
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Read More →Investigator’s Tip: Find the person behind an unknown email
What if you’re working a story and stumble across some good information in an email, but don’t know who the heck sent it? Amit Agarwal on the tech site Digital Inspiration has a great primer on how to track down the source. Google is a logical starting point, but if that turns up nothing, Agarwal …
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Read More →What Journalists Should Know About Wearables
When it comes to news gathering, USC’s Robert Hernandez says mobile phones just aren’t fast enough. Hernandez, who says he “hijacks tech for journalism,” is looking to wearables as a catalyst for the next big change in the news business. “It’s not the device, it’s the content,” said Hernandez. “It’s actually the content optimized for …
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Read More →3 great tips for better TV stories
KARE-11′s Boyd Huppert is an amazing storyteller. A workshop with him may be just about equivalent to a master class in TV news. At the Excellence in Journalism conference, he shared some of the things he wished he had known when he first started reporting — here are Advancing the Story’s favorites: 1. Keep interview …
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