Trying to follow the national conversation about “fake news” and the spread of bad information online can be confusing because not everybody is using the same vocabulary.
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Covering immigration: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right
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As senior editor for Global Nation, the immigration vertical for Public Radio International, Angilee Shah knows how difficult it can be to find information about immigration in the U.S.
Information disorder: The essential glossary
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8 tips for covering U.S. elections from a former elections administrator
Source: JournalistsResource.org11 questions journalists should ask about public opinion polls
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Regardless of beat, journalists often write about public opinion polls, which are designed to measure the public’s attitudes about an issue or idea. Some of the most high-profile polls center on elections and politics. Newsrooms tend to follow these polls closely to see which candidates are ahead, who’s most likely to win and what issues voters feel most strongly about.
Covering climate change: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right
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Before she was a journalist, Elizabeth Arnold spent several seasons fishing salmon commercially in her home state of Alaska. In 1985, she began reporting for Juneau’s NPR member station KTOO, covering local environmental and political stories. From 1991 to 2006, she served as a political correspondent out of NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., where she covered campaigns, Congress and the White House
Reporting on data security and privacy: Tips from Dipayan Ghosh
Source: JournalistsResource.orgInterviewing politicians and public leaders: Advice from TIME's Molly Ball
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Molly Ball is a national political correspondent for TIME. Before that, she covered politics for The Atlantic and Politico.
Covering rural America: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right
Source: JournalistsResource.orgWhite papers, working papers, research articles: What's the difference?
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Journalists rely on three types of research papers most often in their work: White papers, working papers and peer-reviewed journal articles.
How are they different? And which is best?
Below, we explain each, pointing out its strengths and weaknesses. As always, we urge journalists to use care in selecting any research to ground their coverage and fact-check claims.
Peer-reviewed article