Stories: Advice

  • Building a Healthy Digital Archive

    We’ve all been there. You accidentally delete an important work project and unthinkingly empty your trash. Your PC succumbs to a virus. Your laptop gets run over by a car. And you sit, numbly, too heartbroken for tears, as you realize that a labor of love—or, at least, tons of time—has been lost forever. ...

  • Striking Out Alone in the World: Winning Strategies for International Freelance Reporting

    John Schidlovsky, director of the International Reporting Project (IRP), moderated a panel called "Striking Out Alone in the World: Winning Strategies for International Freelance Reporting" at the Society of Professional Journalists' 2012 Excellence in Journalism Conference. Panelists included Kira Kay and Jason Maloney, co-founders of the Bureau for International Reporting; Jina Moore, contributor to the Christian Science Monitor; and others. In...