11 Multimedia Sites for Journalists

Jeremy Caplan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:02 +0000

Boil journalism down and you’re left with three stages: researching/reporting, writing/creating, and polishing/presenting. Thus the organization of these 33 essential sites for journalists, originally assembled for a three-part January Academy workshop at CUNY’s J-School. The first group of sites (1-11) focused on finding, managing and organizing info. The second group of sites (12-22) was all about writing, blogging, storing and sharing information. This third batch, below, is about polishing, presenting and adding multimedia.

11 Multimedia Sites for Journalists

I hope these 33 sites (collected on a Delicious.com bookmarks page) prove useful for those transitioning to digital journalism as well as those keeping ahead of the curve. It’s not enough for today’s journalists to understand AP style, principles of fairness, and other such basics. We now have to master the new tools of the trade if we want to keep up with our craft. We benefit from mastering Web tools that help us A) gather information and stories, B) make sense of what we find, and C) share the information and stories we produce with our audiences in creative ways. That’s what these 33 sites are about. I’d love your feedback about sites on this list, or those that should have been included instead. Add comments below, or e-mail me directly at the following URL:

http://scr.im/caplan

[P.S. I guess that's site #34: Scr.im is a cool tool that lets you post your e-mail address without attracting spam robots.]

23. Flavors.me
Create a personalized Web page drawing from your blogs, feeds, etc
ALSO TRY: card.ly, gizapage.com

24. Carbonmade
Publish a portfolio of images or flash files to share your work
ALSO TRY: issuu.com, krop.com

25. Vimeo
High-quality, well-designed video publishing service with useful groups and projects to inspire new ideas
ALSO TRY: tubemogul.com, blip.tv

26. Animoto
Create instant, impressive video/slideshows out of your photos and video clips
ALSO TRY: vuvox.com

27. Google Voice
Streamline your multiple phone numbers; add features to your phone
ALSO TRY: skype.com, recordmycalls.com, tokbox.com

28. Prezi
Publish and present ideas with this post-Powerpoint, innovative interface
ALSO TRY: slidesix.com, 280slides.com

29. uStream
Shoot and broadcast live video from a mobile device
ALSO TRY: qik.com, twitvid.com

30. Weebly
Create a simple site quickly and easily
ALSO TRY: wix.com, jimdo.com, wordpress.org, Squarespace.com

31. Doodle.com
Schedule meetings and group projects
ALSO TRY: meetomatic.com, timetomeet.info

32. Bubbl.us
Mind mapping for idea generation
ALSO TRY: mindmeister.com, cacoo.com

33. Picnik
Online photo-editing tool; great features, sleek, easy-to-use interface
ALSO TRY: photoshop.com, picasaweb.google.com

DNJ Links for September 18, 2009

Drew Geraets — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:53:27 +0000

Digital Journalism

Marketplace Whiteboards (American Public Media)
Journalist’s Guide to Facebook (Mashable)
Let’s Talk: Journalism and Social Media (Nieman Reports)
This We Know – Explore U.S. Government data about your community
CitySourced – “Real-time mobile civic engagement tool”

Geek

Diagrammr – Create and share diagrams by writing sentences
Panels of Light Fascinate Designers (NYTimes)
Supersized – Full-screen background/slideshow jQuery plugin
EditFlow: Now with post metadata, commenting and notifications (CoPress)
Tungle – Online scheduling and calendar sharing

Equipment

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11 Multimedia Sites for Journalists

DNJ Links for September 18, 2009