Looking forward to the future of journalism

Journalists want to hear your coronavirus story. Here’s how to reach the Houston Chronicle

Help the Houston Chronicle report on COVID-19

Isolating ourselves is the best way to guard against the coronavirus, but it’s more important than ever for journalists to make connections with real people like you during this crisis and listen to your stories. Maybe we can’t meet in person for the foreseeable future. Maybe the only way we can communicate is through a … Read more

Insanely awesome journalism tips from IRE’s 2018 investigative reporting conference

IRE Conference in Orlando, Florida 2018

If you want to know what really makes journalists tick, hanging out at an Investigative Reporters and Editors conference will restore your faith in humanity. The whole point of this year’s massive gathering of journalists in Orlando, Florida was about finding truth — how to dig up facts, how to double and triple check them, … Read more

A handy tool for journalists: Stabilize your shaky smartphone videos with Google’s photo app

Screen Grab of Google Video

Google quietly unveiled a new video stabilization feature in its Google Photos app a few months ago and it’s amazing. I discovered the usefulness of this feature when I edited video clips of our epic annual family road trip to Colorado. In between time-lapse videos of the drive, I added highlights of the main stops … Read more