STEM and Research Resources for Journalists
Writing
References
Style
Brians, P. Common Errors in English Usage. Washington State University. https://brians.wsu.edu/common-errors/
Fung, H. (Aug. 25, 2019). Rules for Capitalizing Academic Degrees in AP Style. BKA Content. https://www.bkacontent.com/rules-capitalizing-academic-degrees-ap-style/
Friedman, M. Cliché Finder. https://westegg.com/cliche/
Grammarlyblog. How to Use Readability Scores in Your Writing. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/readability-scores/
Henville, L. (July 20, 2019). How, When and Why to Use Readability Formulas to Improve Your Academic Writing. https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/ask-dr-editor/how-when-and-why-to-use-readability-formulas-to-improve-your-academic-writing/
Microsoft. Get Your Document's Readability and Level Statistics. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-your-document-s-readability-and-level-statistics-85b4969e-e80a-4777-8dd3-f7fc3c8b3fd2
Multimedia Toolkit. AP Style Essentials. https://multimediatoolkit.me/ap-style-essentials/
Multimedia Toolkit. AP Style Photo Captions. https://multimediatoolkit.me/ap-style-photo-captions/
Writing Explained. (2021). AP style composition titles. https://writingexplained.org/ap-style/ap-style-composition-titles
Writing Explained. (2021). Commonly confused words in English. https://writingexplained.org/confusing-words
Writing Explained. (2021). The writer's dictionary. https://writingexplained.org/grammar-dictionary
News
Curtis, A. News Values. North Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching. https://www.nccat.org/news/strategic-communications/values
Harrower, T. How Newsrooms Work. https://www.allenisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001197/Centricity/Domain/1867/News%20Values.pdf
PBS NewsHour. What is Newsworthy? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/app/uploads/2013/11/What-is-Newsworthy-Worksheet.pdf
Story Pitch
Airtable. Pitching guidelines & contacts. https://airtable.com/shrcNKmQwD9F2tFtE/tblCwTuYg0YdPKSpn
Dieker, N. (April 24, 2019). How to Write a Pitch That Will Make Editors Say YES. The Write Life. https://thewritelife.com/how-to-write-a-good-pitch/
Dragilev, D. (May 1, 2020). 5 Tips To Craft The Perfect Media Pitch (With Examples & Templates). https://blog.justreachout.io/media-pitch/
Freelance Writing. How To Pitch A Story. https://www.freelancewriting.com/freelancing/how-to-pitch-a-story/
Herrera. T. (Oct. 22, 2018). How to Successfully Pitch The New York Times (Or, Well, Anyone Else). NiemanLab. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/10/how-to-successfully-pitch-the-new-york-times-or-well-anyone-else/
Macadam, A. (Jan. 24, 2017). What Makes a Good Pitch? NPR Editors Weigh In. NPR. https://training.npr.org/2017/01/24/what-makes-a-good-pitch-npr-editors-weigh-in/
Resource List for Authors. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xomIR3vYbjNmAiQcOhQuOxPRQIbluBmY/view
Ledes/Leads
Bloch, H. (Oct. 12, 2016). A Good Lead is Everything - Here's How to Write One. https://training.npr.org/2016/10/12/leads-are-hard-heres-how-to-write-a-good-one/
Ha, T. (2020). How to Write a Great Event Description. National Science Week Australia. https://www.scienceweek.net.au/how-to-write-a-great-event-description/
Matrix Education. How to write an amazing feature article in 5 steps. https://www.matrix.edu.au/how-to-write-a-amazing-feature-article/
Purdue Online Writing Lab. How to Write a Lead. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/journalism_and_journalistic_writing/writing_leads.html
Rogers, T. (Feb. 22, 2019). How to Write Great Leads for Feature Stories. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-write-ledes-for-feature-stories-2074318
Rogers, T. (Oct. 6, 2019). Writing a Compelling, Informative News Lede. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-write-a-great-lede-2074346
Abstracts & Summaries
Dubé, C. E. & Lapane, K. L. (2014). Lay abstracts and summaries: Writing advice for scientists. Journal of Cancer Education, 29(3), 577-79. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24132543/
Duke, M. (2012). How to write a lay summary. DCC How-to Guides. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre.
https://www.dcc.ac.uk/guidance/how-guides/write-lay-summary#:~:text=Lay%20summaries%20serve%20the%20general,
research%20to%20the%20non%2Dexpert.&text=Research%20grant%20applications
%20often%20contain,rest%20of%20the%20research%20community'.
Green, S. (April 24, 2019). How to Write a Lay Summary for Your Research. Wiley. https://www.wiley.com/network/researchers/preparing-your-article/how-to-write-a-lay-summary-for-your-research
Kauser, A. (March 19, 2020). Plain-language Abstracts: A Benefit to Your Research. Life Sciences. https://www.transperfect.com/blog/plain-language-abstracts-benefit-your-research#:~:text=A%20plain%2Dlanguage%20abstract%20summarizes,done%2C%20and%20the%20key%20findings.
NC State University. (2020). Tips for Writing Conference Paper Abstracts. Department of History. https://history.ncsu.edu/grad/conference_abstracts.php
Audience
Hurley, M. (2020). How to identify your target audience. WritingClearScience. https://www.writingclearscience.com.au/targetaudience/
Profiles
Dobbins, D. (2019, Nov. 30). Tucson pediatrician channels her inner child as she relates to patients. Tucson.com. https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-pediatrician-channels-her-inner-child-as-she-relates-to/article_60b5e64b-718a-5598-bd89-62cf041f7087.html
Foster, J. (2020, Mar. 25). How to write a profile: 8 tips for a compelling piece. https://thewritelife.com/writing-a-profile-story/
Ghansah, R. (2017, Sep. 1). A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof. Pulitzer Prize winners. https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/rachel-kaadzi-ghansah-freelance-reporter-gq
Janik, S. (2020, Jan. 30). Good taste. Tucson Weekly. https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/good-taste/Content?oid=27243367
Lin, P. (2019, Nov. 27). Hongkonger attending UA says studying political science changed his life. Tucson.com. https://tucson.com/news/local/hongkonger-attending-ua-says-studying-political-science-changed-his-life/article_922a84bb-e3e5-5d92-9cd3-2383a417a367.html
Migoya, C. (2019, Nov. 28). Dancing to a new tune. Tucson Weekly. https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/dancing-to-a-new-tune/Content?oid=26910896
Rogers, T. (2019, Jul. 21). 7 tips for writing personality profiles that people will want to read. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/writing-engaging-personality-profiles-2073876
Villines, C. (2020, Jan. 30). Ski club president keeps UA students cool in the desert. Arizona Daily Wildcat. https://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2020/01/a-ski-prez
Feature Stories
Rogers, T. (July 15, 2019). Types of feature stories for journalists. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/different-kinds-of-feature-stories-you-can-write-2074322
Rogers, T. (2019, Jul. 30). How to write feature stories. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/all-about-writing-feature-stories-2074355
Taub, B. (2019, Apr. 15). Guantánamo’s darkest secret. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-darkest-secret
The Pulitzer Prizes. Feature writing. https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/211
Opinions
Allen, J., & (Jul. 30, 2018). Want air conditioning and a healthier planet? Here’s one step we can take today. The Hill. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/399549-want-air-conditioning-and-a-healthier-planet-heres-one/
King, M. L., Jr. (Aug. 1963). Letter from Birmingham Jail. https://www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf
McKibben, B. (Aug. 8, 2018). Free California of fossil fuels. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/fires-california-fossil-fuels.html
New England Journal of Medicine. (Oct. 8, 2020). Dying in a Leadership Vacuum. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812?query=featured_home
OpEd Project. Op-ed writing: Tips and tricks. https://www.theopedproject.org/resources
Scientific American. Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-endorses-joe-biden1/
Steinem, G. (2019). If men could menstruate. Women's Reproductive Health, 6(3). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23293691.2019.1619050
Stephens, P. (Apr. 25, 2017). Tips for aspiring op-ed writers. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/opinion/tips-for-aspiring-op-ed-writers.html
Policies
Blue Guitar Magazine. University of Arizona. http://www.theblueguitarmagazine.org/
Delkic, M. (Aug. 11, 2018). Ready, Set, Embargo. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/insider/embargoes-reporting.html
Nature. Press and Embargo Policies. https://www.nature.com/nature-research/editorial-policies/press-and-embargo-policies
Oransky, I. (Nov. 29, 2016). Why Science News Embargoes are Bad for the Public. Vox. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/11/29/13765458/science-news-embargoes-bad-for-public
Attribution & Citations
EasyBib. https://www.easybib.com/
ProQuest. RefWorks. https://refworks.proquest.com/
Purdue OWL. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
Rogers, T. (Dec. 4, 2019). How to Use Attribution Correctly in Journalism. ThoughtCo.
https://www.thoughtco.com/attribution-when-writing-news-stories-2074313#:~:text=To%20a%20journalist%2C%20attribution%20simply,as%20who%20is%20being%20
quoted.&text=Information%20from%20sources%20can%20be,cases%2C%20it%20should%20be%20attributed.
University of Arizona. Write & Cite. University Libraries. https://new.library.arizona.edu/research/write-cite
Plagiarism
Clark, R. P. Coming clean: Notes on Becoming an Honest Writer. Poynter. https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2014/coming-clean-notes-on-becoming-an-honest-writer/
Mann, R. (Oct. 5, 2020). Case preview: Justices to Weigh in on Landmark Copyright Battle Between Google and Oracle. SCOTUSblog. https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/10/case-preview-justices-to-weigh-in-on-landmark-copyright-battle-between-google-and-oracle/
University of Illinois. Avoiding Plagiarism: Copyright vs. Plagiarism. https://researchguides.uic.edu/c.php?g=252209&p=1682805
Literature Reviews
Tay, A. (Dec. 4, 2020). How to write a superb literature review. Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03422-x?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a1014aecc6-briefing-dy-20201204&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a1014aecc6-44510493
Copyright
Law
Anderson, N. (May 9, 2013). Copyright troll Righthaven finally, completely dead. arsTechnica. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/copyright-troll-righthaven-finally-completely-dead/
Baldinger, J. (Oct. 7, 2020). What's at stake in the copyright dispute between Google and Oracle? SubscriptLaw. https://www.subscriptlaw.com/blog/amicus-positions-google-v-oracle
Band, J. (Sep. 4, 2020). Preview of Supreme Court oral argument in Google v. Oracle. https://www.project-disco.org/intellectual-property/092420-preview-of-supreme-court-oral-argument-in-google-v-oracle/#:~:text=On%20October%207%2C%202020%2C%20the,consequential%20copyright%20cases%20in%20decades.
Copyright Clearance Center. http://www.copyright.com/
Copyright.gov. Copyright in General. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html
Copyright.gov. Copyright law of the United States. https://www.copyright.gov/title17/
Copyright.gov. Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/index.html
Electronic Frontier Foundation. Takedown Hall of Fame. https://www.eff.org/takedowns
Fries, J., & Criss, J. T. (Aug. 5, 2019). Debunking Copyright Myths. American Bar Association.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/publications/
landslide/2018-19/july-august/debunking-copyright-myths/
Harris, L. E. What to Do If You're Accused of Copyright Infringement. World Intellectual Property Organization. https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/copyright_infringement_fulltext.html
Image Rights. (2020). Copyright services. https://www.imagerights.com/copyright
Johnson, L. (Jan. 19, 2012). What Is SOPA? Anti-piracy bill explained. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-sopa_n_1216725
Lumen. DMCA safe harbor. https://www.lumendatabase.org/topics/14
New Media Rights. (Nov. 25, 2011). Frequently asked questions about copyright law. https://www.newmediarights.org/frequently_asked_questions_about_copyright_law_book
Quinn, G. (July 6, 2009). Sample DMCA take down letter. IP Watchdog. https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/07/06/sample-dmca-take-down-letter/id=4501/
SCOTUSblog. Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/google-llc-v-oracle-america-inc/
U.S. Copyright Office. https://www.copyright.gov/
Fair Use
Center for Media and Social Impact. Code of best practices in fair use for online video. https://cmsimpact.org/code/code-best-practices-fair-use-online-video/
Center for Media and Social Impact. Fair use codes of best practices. https://cmsimpact.org/codes-of-best-practices/
Center for Media and Social Impact. Set of principles in fair use for journalism. https://cmsimpact.org/code/set-principles-fair-use-journalism/
Clayton, L. R. & Stone, E. A. (March 10, 2020). Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit set To weigh in on fair use in two copyright infringement cases. Law.com
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2020/03/10/supreme-court-and-ninth-circuit-set-to-weigh-in-on-fair-use-in-two-copyright-infringement-cases/#:
~:text=The%20%E2%80%9Cfair%20use%E2%80%9D%20defense%20shields,fair%20use%2C%20see%20Google%20v.
Creative Commons Licenses
https://libguides.ccac.edu/oer-creating/licensing
CC BY-SA 4.0
Coursera. Understanding Intellectual Property. https://www.coursera.org/lecture/metaliteracy/understanding-intellectual-property-03-01-x3qas
Creative Commons. https://creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons. About the Licenses. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Electronic Frontier Foundation. Fair use. https://www.eff.org/issues/intellectual-property
Lumen. Copyright and Fair Use. https://www.lumendatabase.org/topics/22
Jaszi, P. (2020). "Yes, You Can!" - Where You Don't Even Need 'Fair Use.' Center for Media & Social Impact. https://cmsimpact.org/resource/yes-you-can-where-you-dont-even-need-fair-use/
Poynter. Copyright Law and Fair Use for Journalists. https://www.poynter.org/shop/self-directed-course/copyright-law-and-fair-use-for-journalists/
Stanford University Libraries. (2020). Copyright Overview. https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/
Stanford University Libraries. (2020). Summaries of Fair Use Cases. https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/cases/#artwork_visual_arts_and_audiovisual_cases
State University of New York. Creative Commons Licenses. Coursera. https://www.coursera.org/lecture/metaliteracy/creative-commons-explained-by-creative-commons-aotearoa-new-zealand-5-32-62f7U
University of Arizona. Fair Use. https://new.library.arizona.edu/research/copyright/fair-use
University of Arizona. Fair Use Checklist. https://new.library.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/fair-use-checklist.pdf
Digital Media
Digital Media Law Project. (2020). Embedded Video and Copyright Infringement. http://www.dmlp.org/blog/2007/sam-bayard/embedded-video-and-copyright-infringement
Digital Media Law Project. (2020). The Legal Needs of Emerging Online Media: The Online Media Legal Network After 500 referrals. http://www.dmlp.org/omln500/
Digital Media Law Project. (2020). Responding to Correspondence Threatening Legal Action. http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/responding-correspondence-threatening-legal-action
Electronic Frontier Foundation. Digital Millenium Copyright Act. https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca
Fergusen, F. How Remix Culture Fuels Creativity & Invention. brainpickings. https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/08/14/kirby-ferguson-ted/
Kellogg, K. (Sep. 16, 2019). The Essential Guide to Using Images Legally Online. Search Engine Journal. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/using-images-legally-online-guide/319403/#close
Lumen. (2017). DMCA notices. https://lumendatabase.org/notices/14845088
Martiniello, B. (2009). The Future of Copyright. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/5129873
Perkins Coie LLP. (Feb. 19, 2015). Arizona Reporter's Handbook On Media Law. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/521007
U.S. Copyright Office. Executive Summary Digital Millenium Copyright Act. https://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_executive.html
von Lohmann, F. (July 9, 2007). YouTube Embedding and Copyright. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/07/youtube-embedding-and-copyright
Social Media
Bailey, J. (May 5, 2008). Copyright and Twitter. The Blog Herald. https://www.blogherald.com/features/copyright-and-twitter/
Creative Commons. Legal Music for Videos. https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture/arts-culture-resources/legalmusicforvideos
Facebook. (2020). Reporting Copyright Infringement. https://www.facebook.com/help/400287850027717
Fergusen, K. Everything is a Remix. https://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series
Neuberger, J. (March 12, 2012). Will the Pinterest "Nopin" Tag Put Online Image Owners on the Defensive on Implied Copyright Licenses? Should We Look to Robots.txt as Precedent? New Media and Technology Law Blog. https://newmedialaw.proskauer.com/2012/03/12/will-the-pinterest-nopin-tag-put-online-image-owners-on-the-defensive-on-implied-copyright-licenses-should-we-look-to-robots-txt-as-precedent/
Twitter. (2020). Copyright policy. https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy#
Topics
Science Writing
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Eurekalert! https://www.eurekalert.org/
American Medical Writers Association. https://www.amwa.org/
Association of British Science Writers. (July 24, 2020). Three ways to decolonize science journalism. https://www.absw.org.uk/posts/6-three-ways-to-decolonize-science-journalism
Barel-Ben David, Y. et al. (Jan. 8, 2020). Can Scientists Fill the Science Journalism Void? Online Public Engagement with Science Stories Authored by Scientists. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0222250
Burke, K. L. (July 31, 2015). 12 Tips for Scientists Writing for the General Public. https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/from-the-staff/12-tips-for-scientists-writing-for-the-general-public
Clark, S. E. et al. 6&6: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Art-Science Collaboration. Bioscience. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/9/821/5875254
Council for the Advancement of Science. Science Writing Organizations. https://casw.org/casw/science-writing-organizations
Hayden, T. and Nijhuis, M. The Science Writers' Handbook. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uaz/reader.action?docID=1117462&ppg=1
International Association for Literary Journalism Studies. https://ialjs.org/
International Science Writers Organization. http://internationalsciencewriters.org/
Johnson, E. K. (Dec. 20, 2011). Probing the Passions of Science: Carl Zimmer Delves Beneath the Surface of Science Writing. Scientific American. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/carl-zimmer-part-two/
Lichtman, F. et al. Tips from Science Journalists. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://www.aaas.org/programs/center-public-engagement-science-and-technology/tips-science-journalists
LinkedIn. Science Journalism Jobs. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/science-journalism-jobs/?position=1&pageNum=0
National Association of Science Writers. https://www.nasw.org/
National Association of Science Writers. Pitch Publish Prosper: Online resources for The Science Writers' Handbook. https://www.nasw.org/pitch-publish-prosper-online-resources-science-writers-handbook
Nobel, C. (November 16, 2020). Documenting Serious Issues with Comics Journalism: An Interview with Josh Neufeld. Journalist's Resource.
https://journalistsresource.org/coronavirus-research/documenting-pandemic-comics-journalism/?utm_source=Journalist%27s+Resource&utm_campaign=cc135c535e-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_28_02_40_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_12d86b1d6a-cc135c535e-80454175
Nordquist, R. (April 8, 2020). What Is Literary Journalism? ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-literary-journalism-1691132
Overholser, G. (2017). Communicating Science through Art. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. https://www.amacad.org/news/communicating-science-through-art
Pelto, J. (2015). Art as a Tool to Communicate Science. Honors College. DigitalCommons@UMaine. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1236&context=honors
Polman, J. et al. Science Journalism. The Science Teacher. http://cadrek12.org/sites/default/files/polman-etal2012-tst-scijourn(1).pdf
Prescod-Weinstein, C. (April 25, 2015). Decolonising Science Reading List. https://medium.com/@chanda/decolonising-science-reading-list-339fb773d51f
With Conviction: Science in the Courtroom. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/scienceinthecourtroom/
withconviction998. scienceinthecourtroom. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHV9ykF9zTBXlAldtbXPPDg
Writing for a General Audience: Science Journalism. https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/pechenik/documents/scienceJournalism.pdf
Yong, E. On the Origin of Science Writers. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2010/07/29/on-the-origin-of-science-writers/#close
Zimmer, C. Science Writing: Guidelines and Guidance. https://carlzimmer.com/science-writing-guidelines-and-guidance/
Zimmer, C. To Beginning Writers. https://carlzimmer.com/to-beginning-writers/
Nature Writing
Jabr, F. (Dec. 2, 2020). The Social Life of Forests. The New York Times Magazine.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/02/magazine/tree-communication-mycorrhiza.html?campaign_id=61&emc=edit_ts_20201204&instance_id=24727&nl=the-great-read&
regi_id=75304528&segment_id=46112&te=1&user_id=41c41844ba6d41e6e92a0dd7bae484d3
Rosenberg, C. (Jan. 9, 2014). Rebalancing Nature: A Look at the Reintroduction of Bighorn Sheep to the Catalina Mountains. Tucson Weekly. https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/rebalancing-nature/Content?oid=3941330
Swanberg, S. E. (Jan. 9, 2014). On the Horns of a Dilemma: Wildlife Veterinarian Walter M. Boyce Reflects on the Challenges of Bighorn Sheep Conservation. Tucson Weekly. https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/on-the-horns-of-a-dilemma/Content?oid=3942752
Wallace, D. R. (July 22, 1984). The nature of nature writing. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/books/the-nature-of-nature-writing.html
Resources
Allen, E. (June 8, 2015). The Research and Development Lab Talks "Delta." The New York TImes. https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/06/08/the-research-and-development-lab-talks-delta/
Columbia Journalism Review. The Audience in the Mind's Eye: How Journalists Imagine Their Readers https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/how-journalists-imagine-their-readers.php
Feelance Writing. https://www.freelancewriting.com/articles/
Hiltner, S. (Sep. 27, 2015). How a Critic Opens a Book: A Q&A With Parul Sehgal. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/insider/parul-sehgal-book-critic-new-york-times.html
Lewis. E. P. (March 2, 2014). Q & A Session with South Jersey Author, Ellen Parry Lewis. South Jersey Book Nook. https://sjbooknook.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/q-a-session-with-south-jersey-author-ellen-parry-lewis/
Morris Journalism Academy. (Dec. 4, 2017). How to Write a Feature Article. https://www.morrisjournalismacademy.com/how-to-write-feature-article-blog/
NC State University. Tips for Writing Conference Paper Abstracts. https://history.ncsu.edu/grad/conference_abstracts.php
Nichol, M. 7 Great Online Research Resources for Writers. DailyWritingTips.com. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-great-online-research-resources-for-writers/
Poets & Writers. https://www.pw.org/
Poynter. Here are 30+ Tools, Tips and Resources for Journalists to Try This Summer. https://www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2020/here-are-30-tools-tips-and-resources-for-journalists-to-try-this-summer/
Poynter. Opinion/Editorial Writing. http://poynter.org/tag/opinioneditorial-writing/
Purdue Owl. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
Readable.com. Readability Score. https://readable.com/
Society of Professional Journalists. Journalist's Toolbox. https://www.journaliststoolbox.org/2020/08/22/covering-protests/
Stewart, C. (Nov. 5, 2019). The Best Infographic Tools from Around the Web. Creative Bloq. https://www.creativebloq.com/infographic/tools-2131971
Taylor, S. J. (Sep. 20, 2016). 5 Keys to Writing a Q&A Piece People Actually Want to Read. The Freelancer. https://contently.net/2016/09/20/resources/career-advice/journalism/5-keys-writing-qa-piece-people-actually-want-read/
ThoughtCo. 6 Tips for Writing About Live Events. https://www.thoughtco.com/tips-for-writing-about-live-events-2074299
Writing Center. Responding to Other People's Writing. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/writing-groups/responding-to-other-peoples-writing/
Contests/Awards
Institute for Writers. Writing Contests. https://www.instituteforwriters.com/about/writing-contests.aspx
Inkitt. Writing Contests & Writing Competitions. https://www.inkitt.com/writing-contests-list
Pulitzer Prizes. https://www.pulitzer.org/
The Writer. Contests. https://www.writermag.com/contests/
Write Life. 32 Free Writing Contests: Legitimate Competitions With Cash Prizes. https://thewritelife.com/writing-contests/
Denise Meeks, dmeeks@email.arizona.edu