Writelane

How to find the facts that will stand out and elevate your story.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listen for advice on how to gather information from events you didn't witness.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roy Peter Clark, a longtime faculty member at the Poynter Institute, discusses his favorite writing tools. That’s also the title of one of his books.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Three journalists discuss working from home, struggling to avoid distractions and trying to find a quiet place to write.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Times' Josh Solomon shares his experiences reporting on the protests in St. Petersburg, Fla.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tampa Bay Times reporter Claire McNeill and the subject of one of her recent stories, Marin Fehl, join the podcast. Read the story here: Senior year derailed, a high school journalist pushes toward one last deadline  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Photojournalist Douglas Clifford of the Tampa Bay Times talks about working through March and fighting the coronavirus in April.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Follow the back and forth between editor and reporter as they outline a story together. To read the story, click here: Without a job, endless days of waiting and worry  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The story of Josephine Valenty, a 96-year-old still going to work during the coronavirus pandemic.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tampa Bay Times photojournalist John Pendygraft discusses a series called The Helpers. The effort was inspired by a quote from Fred Rogers, who once said: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' ”  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What the last few weeks have been like at the Tampa Bay Times.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Society for Features Journalism arranged a training session with Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute. Here it is.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jennifer Berry Hawes of The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., discusses the project that was honored recently by the Scripps Howard Awards in the First Amendment category. (Thumbnail photo by Andrew Whitaker)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kainaz Amaria and Eliza Barclay of Vox, winners in the Scripps Howard Awards multimedia category, join us to discuss their project: Supertrees.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News talks about a two-year investigation with ProPublica into sexual violence and Alaska’s criminal justice system.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A shared vocabulary helps when you’re looking to tell narratives.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Peter Copeland, author of a new book, Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter, joins the podcast.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maud Beelman, the executive editor of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and a professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, and Meghan Louttit, a metro editor at The New York Times, join the podcast this week.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ever wondered what goes on during contest judging?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roy Peter Clark, a longtime faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, talks about how he pulled together writing advice from a range of experts.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.