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“There’s this little trick that I’ve been using lately. I start highlighting from graph to graph the key three or four words that really are the takeaway message from that paragraph. And then if I have a good trail of little green highlights going through the story, I know, “Hey, I’ve explained terms, I’m not stumbling on anything.” And then I have a visual stepping stone for the story.

But if I see huge gaps, where I’m like, “I don’t know what that said, I’m not sure what it means.” That means that I need to go back and talk with a writer: Let’s define terminology. Let’s make sure that we didn’t assume the reader knows what this is. And that visual really helps, and it helps to communicate with our writers without being so obnoxious with track changes.”

— Juliet Beverly, senior editor of BrainFacts.org, in “Senior editor offers a ‘visual stepping stone’ for editing stories”

2024 National Press Club scholarship applications are open

They include:

The Scholarship for Journalism Diversity Honoring Julie Schoo is a $5,000 scholarship awarded to a high school senior. The award can be renewed for up to three years at $5,000 per year. (Deadline: Feb. 18)

The Richard G. Zimmerman Scholarship is a one-time scholarship of $5,000 to support a high school senior who wishes to pursue a career in journalism. (Deadline: Feb. 18)

The Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship, supports diversity within broadcast journalism. The scholarship is $5,000 per year awarded to a college or graduate student who demonstrates a commitment to a career in broadcast journalism. The award can be renewed up to three years. (Deadline: Feb. 18)

The Lewis Scholarship provides housing and a monthly stipend to support college student journalists of color with newsroom internships in Washington, D.C. (Deadline: April 7)

The Dennis and Shirley Feldman Fellowship recognizes a journalism graduate student with a one-time stipend of $5,000. (Deadline: April 14)

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Resources

On-demand webinar: Media literacy and mental health (Pulitzer Center)
The lowdown on taxes for freelance journalists (Dec. 13, 7 pm ET)
Journalism and AI : Readings and resources list (Walkley Foundation for Journalism)

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