September 23, 2015
Reporter’s Toolbox
Below you’ll find a list of links I regularly use in the course of researching stories and people. I plan…
Author: Brian Crecente
July 13, 2015
Strangers come to say farewell to dead child
The little girl danced at the end of her mother’s hand, blue dress glittering in the sun. She danced ahead,…
May 20, 2015
Brancaccio unfazed by second conviction
Victor Brancaccio’s mother fainted and his grandmother had to be helped out of the courtroom in a wheelchair, but the…
May 2, 2015
Blackballing: On the relationship between journalists and game makers
In 2007, in the days leading up to the Game Developers Conference, Kotaku reporter (now Polygon’s deputy news editor) Mike…
October 24, 2014
The art of the interview
Interviews! They’re not just conversations, but they also are! They’re chess matches, they’re war, they’re a bunch of other terrible…
October 23, 2014
Covering video games as a beat
Video game journalism is, as I love to say, journalism. But it’s also a beat. That means a specific area…
October 23, 2014
The importance of previews
This week’s New York Comic-Con means I won’t be able to do a video with Andrea this week for the…
October 23, 2014
How to write a basic news story and not confuse everyone
Week three and four of my game journalism mentorship is all about putting some of what we’ve learned to use.…
October 23, 2014
The basics of asking questions and getting answers in video game journalism
In the second week of my game journalism mentorship I provide a brief (OK, not so brief) overview of the…
October 23, 2014
Script for the elements of (game) journalism
Last week I posted the first video for my game journalism mentorship program. In the video I walked through the…