The Journalism Writing Lab’s mission is to guide students as they report, write and produce meaningful stories, deepening their reporting abilities.
Covering Poverty reporters hosted a Twitter Spaces to talk about what they've learned from their reporting.
Our Programs and Tools
Covering Poverty is a resource for journalists, devoted to helping community, regional and national journalists cover poverty within their beats and to provide guidelines on how to appropriately write about people and poverty-related matters.
Our Partnerships
Reporting & Writing Resources from the Journalism Writing Lab
- Reporting and Writing Checklist
- How to Use the Online AP Stylebook
- Five Ways to Get In Touch with Sources
- Interviewing 101
- How to Write an Email to a Source
- Using Quotations
- Guide to Person on the Street Interviews
- Your Guide to Covering a Speech, Event or Meeting
- Tutorial Graphics on Various Journalism Writing Styles
- Using Social Media to Report and Promote Your Work
- 10 Major Writing Takeaways
- The Polishing Process
Contact Prof. Lori Johnston, director of the Journalism Writing Lab, with questions.
