NEWSLAB REPORT ONLINE

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Fall 2003: Tips on choosing sound, plus a research report on "graphic overload."

Spring 2003: Suggestions for improving your standups, a research report on newscast pacing, and Lab Results from WEEK-TV.

Winter 2003: Tips on how revision can help your writing, research on corrections policies, and Lab Results on online storytelling.

Fall 2002: Read about "Making the Team Work" in your newsroom, and check the new research report on the effectiveness of animated graphics.

Spring 2002: This issue features research on TV political coverage, and tips on finding your story focus.

Winter 2002: Features tips on developing a crisis coverage plan for your newsroom, and research on how to use video in online stories, plus Lab Results from KBCI-TV.

Fall 2001 Features tips on encouraging enterprise, reinventing the desk, and new research on ensuring accuracy in TV news, plus a report on Lab Days for assignment editors.

Spring 2001 Features tips on getting new hires up to speed in a hurry, and research on the "geography of local TV news."

Winter 2001 Features tips on reinventing a newscast, and research on what viewers think of live reports.

Fall 2000 Features research on what might bring viewers back to local TV news, plus a report on a NewsLab conference on great storytelling.

Spring 2000 Features a report on building beat coverage, research on making sense of complex stories.

Winter 2000 Features suggestions for campaign coverage, research on the value of live reports.

Fall 1999 Features strategies for winning support in the morning meeting, plus focus group research on local TV news, case study on reporting court stories.

Spring 1999 Features survey results on the shrinking local TV news audience, case study on making sense of a meeting story.

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