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Earn $200 and in-depth mentoring!
Hey, UPIU! It’s time for another Freelance Reporting Contest! Here’s the scoop: Pitch a solid story (text, video, audio, photo – whatever your specialty!) on a topic we choose, and you could win intensive mentoring from one of UPIU’s professional journalists, a UPI.com byline, and a $200 paycheck. Continue reading
Posted in Journalism contest
Tagged contest, freelance, journalism, mentoring, reporting, students, upi.com, UPIU
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What makes a good sound bite?
Tips for video and audio journalists on getting good sound bites. Continue reading
Posted in Multimedia, Tips
Tagged audio, documentary, journalism, radio, sound bites, students, television, Video
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Need money to report a big story? Get $1,000 here!
UPI and UPIU are offering j-students $1,000 to report and produce a major story. Apply by Sept. 26. Continue reading
Posted in Journalism contest
Tagged audio, grant, journalism, money, multimedia, photography, reporting, stories, students, text, Video
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Reporting from Afghanistan: “Land mines are everywhere.”
War photography is a dangerous gig, so we were surprised to hear that a University of Massachusetts at Amherst student is GlobalPost’s photographer in Afghanistan this summer. Ben Brody has a bit more experience than the average college journo, though. He is a graduate of the New England School of Photography, and was a combat photographer for the U.S. military before applying the G. I. Bill toward a degree at UMass. Continue reading
So, you want to be an investigative reporter?
At UPIU, we often hear j-students say they’d like to become the next Bob Woodward or Carl Bernstein. It’s a noble goal, but investigative reporting isn’t as easy as it might look in the movies. Continue reading
Posted in Investigative Journalism, Professional Development, Reporting, Social Media, Tips, Web, Writing
Tagged Bernstein, investigative, IRE, journalism, students, Watergate, Woodward
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Anonymous sources: When to use them, and why
ShareIt’s every reporter’s dream: To find that Deep Throat-style source who provides critical inside information, but has to be protected with anonymity. It’s exciting and gives a cloak-and-dagger feeling to a story that few journalists can resist. But it almost … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Reporting, Source development, Story development, Tips
Tagged anonymous sources, How to, journalism, students, Tips, UPIU, Writing
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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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Economy Takes Toll on Study Abroad [Featured on UPIU]
ShareOnce a week BtJF will feature a story from UPIU.com that deserves attention. These stories represent some of the great work that students are doing on UPIU and showcase good journalism. It’s always fascinating to see how the economy is … Continue reading
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Tagged economic crisis, economy, education, Mona Zainal, students, study abroad, UPIU
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J-students, Malaysia-style
ShareJournalism professors and students from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) gathered Tuesday morning for a video conference with UPI staff for an introduction to online journalism and to UPIU.com. Despite the ambition of many of the j-students in attendance to study journalism as part … Continue reading
VCU Students Save Lives in Haiti
ShareOnce a week BtJF will feature a story from UPIU.com that deserves attention. These stories represent some of the great work that students are doing on UPIU and showcase good journalism. Stephen Ackley has an excellent piece up on UPIU interviewing two … Continue reading
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Tagged A.J. Meissgeier, aid, Airline Ambassadors, Delta Chi, Eugene Bednov, Haiti, Richmond, Stephen Ackley, students, UPI, UPIU, VA, VCU, volunteer
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