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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Think you’re finished with your story? Not so fast…
Making that last call on an enterprise story can be the most difficult call to make. All the research is done, the facts checked, but you need to make that call to have a balanced story. Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Reporting, Source development, Tips
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Freelance contest: Win in-depth mentoring, earn a UPI byline and $200
For UPIU’s freelance reporting contest, we’ll choose three story pitches, assign a UPIU mentor to work closely with the winners, and pay each student $200 once their stories are published on UPI.com! Continue reading
Posted in International Journalism, Journalism contest
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Uncovering state secrets: A UPIU mentor’s story of a lifetime
Earlier this month, UPIU mentor Syed Nazakat shared how he uncovered India’s secret prison system. Today, the Daniel Pearl Award finalist discusses his second story on the topic, about how India expanded its rendition program to neighboring Nepal. Continue reading
Posted in International Journalism, Investigative Journalism, Story development, Tips
Tagged India, Nepal, rendition, Syed Nazakat, Top Secret, UPIU
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UPI style: Why it’s important
Bruce Cook, UPI’s stylebook guru, talks about why style is important, why UPI has its own stylebook, and doesn’t hinder creative writing, but helps it. Continue reading
Investigating state-sponsored torture: How one UPIU mentor did it
Syed Nazakat shares, in his own words, what it took to take the story from an editor’s hunch to publishing the “India’s Secret Torture Chambers,” which earned him a slot as a finalist for the 2010 Daniel Pearl Award. Continue reading
