We discussed in some earlier sessions the ways that you can me misled both by sources—and even by people within your own newsroom. Today’s lesson is to provide you some resources for background research that can more fully inform your pieces, provide verification for key details, and allow you to report with more confidence. For [...]
Researching our veterans project and explainer
The main part of today’s lesson will be to offer you some research tips for your veterans project. I will also devote a little bit of time at the end of the lesson about how to research an “explainer.” PART I Veterans project 1) I think an easy place for us to start researching fallen [...]
Business Analysis
I want to start by briefly by discussing the news this week concerning Mike Daisey and This American Life. Today, we’re going to discuss some web-based tools that are available to you for research about business. I want to gratefully acknowledge with this lesson the help of fellow research professors Barbara Gray, Jack Styczynski, and [...]
Fact-checking primer
Today’s lesson will provide you an introduction to fact-checking your work. Nothing will be more important to your career as a journalist than your credibility. The time you devote to verifying your work prior to publication can save you from unnecessary embarrassment and grief. You have five minutes to complete the following drill. You may use the [...]
Mining Census Data
Each research lesson this semester, we’ll review one Nexis search technique. Last time, we mentioned briefly that Nexis can help you find experts on a topics you are covering. Kamana wrote her enterprise article on the end of an rent support program that supported many people who would be otherwise homeless. To find an expert on [...]
Using Nexis
Today, we’re going to practice using Nexis. The LexisNexis database of 5 billion searchable documents is going to be an important part of your research arsenal. A colleague of CUNY research professor Barbara Gray at the New York Times has aptly called it “the rich man’s Google.” We’re not going to try to learn everything you [...]
Welcome Svobodians.
Welcome to Craft 2. On the top of this page, you will find links to the syllabus, grading standards, and resources for your research. In our blog entries throughout the semester, we will highlight the best student work and provide additional links and information for material covered in class. We hope this site will serve [...]
