Powerful reviews do more than offer a list of observations about a movie, TV show or play. Reviews, like all forms of opinion writing, work best when they tell a story and connect with their audience. Eric Deggans, the TV critic for NPR, shares these strategies.

Read the tips here.

“Who” is a subject. “Whom” is an object. But in our fast-paced world, there often is not enough time to figure out whether something is a subject or an object, especially if you forgot how to do that. 
We often advocate a sort of test, where you flip the sentence around to determine whether you would use “he” or “him” in its place. If you would use “he,” it’s “who”; if “him,” then “whom.” Sexist though it is, it often works.

Pew Research Center regularly makes available the full datasets that underlie most of our reports. We typically do not publish the dataset at the same time as the report. That’s because it takes some time for us to complete all reporting for a given study and to clean and prepare the data for public release. 
There are two ways to locate available datasets.

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Investigative reporters turn routine observations, reports, tips and conversations into questions about the way the world works. Curiosity is the starting point for great stories. 
A Poynter coffee break course lists some places to begin. Check it out here:
http://www.poynter.org/2017/4-places-to-find-story-ideas-for-investigat…  

The nice thing about newsletters is that they’re great experimental platforms to test ideas and try new things while thinking differently about the building blocks of the news industry.
Consider these ideas starting points.
Read the 42 ideas by clicking here.
http://www.poynter.org/2017/here-are-42-ideas-for-your-newsrooms-next-n…

Remember that by definition, an adjective is a modifier. So any time you want to use one, ask yourself why you need to modify the noun. 
If you want to use an adjective, think what its opposite might be. Would you use it then? That can help you decide whether you really need it, or whether that modification can go elsewhere, perhaps where its relevance is clearer.
We’ve often talked about labels; some adjectives act as labels, effectively pointing to the noun as “different.”

Columbia Journalism Review asked journalists what new tools and technology they use to help them do their jobs. Social media editors, curators, and reporters chimed in to tell us about tools that help them face some familiar challenges.

Links to the applications are included, alopng with with brief descriptions and recommendations.

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With the country’s changing demographics – the workplace is different than five, 10 and 15 years ago. 
Learning objectives for the day:
- Understanding the different generations
- Old School, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millenniums or Gen Y
- Techniques on creating a more productive workplace
- How to communicate effectively with each generation
- Techniques on what motivates each generation

Texas Gavel Awards
Deadline: April 3
The State Bar of Texas Gavel Awards recognize excellence in journalism that educates the public about the rule of law, the legal profession and the judicial branch of government and discloses legal system practices or procedures needing correction.
Entries published or broadcast during the 2016 calendar year will be accepted for print, broadcast and online categories until 5 p.m. April 3. There is no entry fee.

CORPUS CHRISTI  – Caller-Times president Libby Averyt retired Feb. 17 from a 30-plus year career at the newspaper.

Averyt, 53, said retirement was a personal decision. What she will miss most, she added, are those who she worked with side-by-side, who have shown a steadfast commitment to the Caller-Times and the community.