The most basic of libel defences, this one will save your bacon if you’ve got the proof.
Truth
200
Five of the 35 students in this class are failing. How do you calculate the percentage?
5 / 35 x 100
200
These are the two questions you should end every interview with.
What else would you like to add?
AND
Who else should I talk to?
400
You can use a photo on Flickr on your blog for free if it’s got this type of license.
Creative Commons
400
The number of homicides in Surrey have dropped from 90 to 74. This is how you would calculate the percentage decrease.
(NEW-OLD)/OLD
(74-90)/90
= -17.8%
400
“Were you surprised to see your neighbour arrested?” is an example of this bad interviewing technique
Yes/no (close-ended) question
600
This libel defence allows you to legally write a story saying the cafeteria’s food tastes awful.
Fair Comment
600
You start a new job in White Rock and want to get a feel for the community. This is the section of the StatsCan website where you can find out some basic info.
Census Profiles
600
What you should do if someone says the interview is ‘off the record’.
Ask them what they mean.
800
This libel defence allows you to report what someone said in the B.C. Legislature, even if it’s defamatory.
Privilege
800
This is what Statistics Canada calls a ‘neighbourhood’.
Census Tract
800
“What was the best moment of the race? What does it feel like to win?” is an example of this interviewing no-no.
Double-barrelled question (asking more than one question at a time).
1000
The newest of libel defences, this one applies to both professional journalists and bloggers.
Responsible Communication
1000
This is the key difference between the median and the mean.
Median is the middle number. Mean is the 'average' (add everything up, divide it by the number of people/things).
1000
The term given to the technique of leaving a moment of silence after your interview subject finishes what they’re saying.