Events
#EIJ12 | Day Two, Sept. 21
The second day of Excellence in Journalism was packed with high-caliber journalism training. Sessions ran all day, and attendees showed great enthusiasm for what they learned.
- Let's Get Critical — How to avoid big journalism mistakes by asking questions along the way, with Al Tompkins of The Poynter Institute.
@atompkins: we have two parts to our jobs. Get the facts right, and get the right facts. #eij12
- Writing in Color with Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
#EIJ12 Rick Bragg: I will waste half a day on 3 paragraphs. Once you get that narrative lead, the rest just falls out. #SPJ_Tweets
If you're going to use a narrative lede, you have to paint a picture and draw readers in. - Rick Bragg #EIJ12 @spj_tweets- Leading a Social Media Revolution in Your Newsroom with Kim Wilson, founder of SocialNewsDesk
Here's the link to my #EIJ12 prezi: http://prezi.com/7idt50pddap3/eij12/?auth_key=eba2f5998e873d1456291aa05bd4492b52028181. More at kimwilson.com #socialEIJ Thanks for attending!- SEO for Journalists with Teresa Schmedding, president of the American Copy Editors Society
- "Bad writing is bad writing in print, same as it is online." @tschmedding Use OpenCalais to see what SEs think your story is about. #EIJ12
- You can't spend your entire life pinning, posting, tweeting...are you working harder or working smarter? @tschmedding #EIJ12
- Mastering Math to Tell Better Stories with Ron Nixon of The New York Times
Resources for writing with numbers, including calculators and conversion tools: ow.ly/dGt8A #eij12
