- Bob Britten
- Adam Cairns
- Debby Coleman
- Amber D'Hooge
- Christopher Fong
- Edmund Fountain
- Javi Govea
- Mike Kane
- Hari Katragadda
- Jozie Lin
- Mike Martina
- David McCreery
- Rebekah Monson
- Diego Radzinschi
- Lucy Quintanilla
- Elisabeth Walter
- Roberto Westbrook
- Angela Boucher
- Kelly Carr
- Dustin Dwyer
- Michael Finch
- Nancy Flores
- Cristi Hegranes
- Kathryn Helmke
- Frances Johnson
- Morgan Josey
- Jack Komperda
- Adam B. Kushner
- Millie Lapidario
- Erica Nelson
- Angie Newsome
- Michaela Saunders
- Matt Thompson
- Peter Zuckerman
Start here.
Fellowship Journal for June 15 to June 21
Chip Scanlan on storytelling
"You don't have time not to plan."
"Every story has a single dominant meaning, and that's the element of unity that carries a story from beginning to end."
Chris Martin on beat reporting
"All reporters are foreign correspondents."
"Trust the beat."
From a sage
"Brevity is the soul of wit." --Shakespeare
Chris Martin on covering city hall
"Always be a skeptic, but don't be a cynic."
Roy Peter Clark on preconceived ideas
"Preconceived ideas are not a problem as long as you allow them to be tested by the evidence presented before you."
Personal journalism
Aly Colon: "Every time you write about somebody, you're writing about someone's son or daughter, brother or sister, mother or father."
George Rorick on design
"It's up to the designer to control the voice of the information."
note quotes
"democracy dies in the dark." --joe redner on information.
"fall in love with the pursuit of the story." --chris martin (i think)
Redner speaks
"It's the people with the low sex drives that want to run the people with the damn high sex drives." --the infamous Joe Redner
"The danger is to think you can be objective, because there is no such thing as objectivity." --Kelly McBride
"See, I don't think it's arguing, though..." --Jack Komperda
Brevity
"Brevity comes from selection, not compression." -- Roy Peter Clark
note quotes
"don't become blind to what you see every day." --sue morrow
"get them out of the building." --sue morrow on taking editors along on assignments.
note quotes
"i'm not an artist but i understand visuals." -- jessica caffrey
"even though the carburetor is bigger than a spark plug, if there's no spark plug, the car wouldn't work." -- jessica caffrey on ego and teamwork
"get television literate" -- al tompkins on tv journalism (vj's note: i wish my mom would say that instead of "you watch too much tv! now go to bed!")
Finding a balance
This weekend reminded me of the need for balance. After the intense first week, and a Saturday of reporting, it was nice to finally kick back.
This is still stuck in my head... on 6/9, Chris Martin talked about the "leap of faith" necessary each time you do a story. With that leap of faith, she said, "you will be a writer, not a person who believes in luck."
