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Author Archives: Anna Young
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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Writing for the Web
Harumi Gondo, UPIU’s international coordinator, recently gave the following presentation to West Virginia University journalism students on how to write an online news article and optimize its content for the Web. Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Web
Tagged journalism, online, powerpoint, presentation, SEO, slideshare, students, Web, West Virginia University, Writing, WVU
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Using Google Street View in Germany
UPIU’s Krista Kapralos writes on the underwhelming response to Google Street View in Germany and Google’s promise to omit personal images and information Continue reading
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Tagged German, Germany, Global Post, google, journalist, Krista Kapralos, privacy, Street View, United States, UPIU
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Meet UPIU’s International Coordinator, Harumi Gondo
ShareThis week UPIU intern Anna Young spoke with Harumi Gondo, UPIU’s International Coordinator. Harumi is in charge of making sure UPIU.com runs smoothly and has quality content from j-schools and j-students around the world. Listen to the short Q&A session … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Young, citizen journalism, Harumi Gondo, j-school, j-student, journalist, UPIU
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Lessons learned from a community engagement intern
ShareWaitressing tables by day at a Greek restaurant in Virginia, I submitted my application for the UPIU internship posted on journalismjobs.com (a hot job/internship search site). Several days later, Harumi Gondo e-mailed me back with one line: “Please check the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Young, community, engagement, Harumi Gondo, internship, James Madison University, jobs, journalism, lessons, mistakes, Social Media, undergraduate, UPIU, Virginia
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One-day J-training with YHC
Share Amy Dalton, a junior at Young Harris College, found it extremely hard to wake up before noon on Thursday. Even still, she woke from her summer slumber for a one-day training session with UPIU staff in preparation for her … Continue reading
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Tagged armchair, Georgia, journalism, shoeleather, training, Young Harris
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Some help from a Chinese j-student
Share[Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI] When a photo gallery from China of a biodegradable urn burial ceremony came in it had one vague cutline for all 16 photos. We knew our viewers would want an explanation as vivid as the gallery … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, biodegradable, ceremony, China, journalism, Peking, Tianjin, UPI, UPIU, urn
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Journalism in India: Covering a changing land
ShareName: Chinki Sinha Background: Raised in India, attended j-school there, then attended j-school in the U.S. before getting a job at a local U.S. newspaper. Now, she writes for The Indian Express based in New Delhi. Cross-cultural challenges: “(In the U.S.) it … Continue reading
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Reading = Great Writing
ShareTalk to strangers. Make freaky friends. Ignore important people. Give everyone your phone number. Work holidays. Sound intimidating? Scary? Hard? That might be true. But those tips for finding great stories are among 20 offered by 2009 Pulitzer Prize feature … Continue reading
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Can’t find a source? Keep looking!
ShareWhat should you do when you can’t find the people you’re supposed to write about? Keep looking until you find them. That’s what UPIU writer Rajneesh Bhandari had to do when he accepted a UPIU assignment to write about autism … Continue reading
