Even if the idea of keeping up with yet another social network makes you want to run and hide, here are some ways journalists will find Google Plus useful.
By many accounts, it’s becoming more dangerous to work as a foreign correspondent: 80 journalists are killed in the line of duty every year and many more are attacked or jailed. IJNet offers nine tips to keep in mind when covering news in far-flung places.
When broadcast journalists get to work on breaking news, it’s a moment that always separates the mere readers from the true leaders. The best news anchors and “live” reporters make their work look easy, but it isn’t.
For the past year and a half, award-winning radio reporter Neal Augenstein has used his iPhone for all of his field reporting. IJNet attended his webinar, entitled “iPhone Reporting, Techniques, Tips, Strategies” to learn his tricks.
Each month, IJNet features an international journalist who exemplifies the profession and has used the site to further his or her career. This month meet Nassim Lakehal, an online journalism consultant from Algeria.
News sites often seem interested only in earning eyeballs and getting readers to behave themselves on comment threads. But what if they harnessed passionate reader interest the way game communities do?
The news that the BBC would be creating a new iPhone app to beam stories live spread faster than an Internet hoax. One small problem: that's not what the venerable news organization plans to do.
