Waldsmith's Dispatch

An exploration of traditional and web journalism from a veteran reporter and her enthusiastic journalism students at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, MI.

Friday, October 23, 2015

A Closer Look at Bias in the Media

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Even if your work is free of bias, you need to be a critical observer of the news media and have a greater understanding of bias in repo...

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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Interviewing Tips and Less is More

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Although everyone in the class still needs more practice with writing hard news leads and writing stories that follow the basic inverted pyr...

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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Is Teacher's Speech TOO Free?

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"blog" by Kevin Lim Creative Commons This week a court ruled that a teacher's right to free speech can be limited. ...

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Some Ethical Issues to Consider as we Begin

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Creative Commons photo by Denise Krebs Welcome to Waldsmith's Dispatch , a blog I will use throughout the sem...

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Bias in the News

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Creative Commons photo by DonkeyHotey Even if your work is free of bias, you need to be a critical observer of the news media and hav...

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Interviewing Tips & Less is More

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Although everyone in the class still needs more practice with writing hard news leads and writing stories that follow the basic inverte...

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Attribution and Anonymous Sources

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It's a simple formula: Lack of attribution = lack of credibility = lack of readers. There is nothing difficult about attribution. I...

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Lynn Waldsmith: Southeast Michigan, United States; Before teaching, I spent most of my career in broadcast and newspaper journalism, including 7 years at The Detroit News. I have also done a considerable amount of freelance writing for local and national publications, including The Reader's Digest.

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