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MOBILE & WEB TOOLS FOR JOURNALISTS
Mandy Jenkins@mjenkins
Breaking News on Twitter
Mobile Reporting Tools
PHOTOSHOP EXPRESS
QIK (LIVE VIDEO)
EVERNOTE
Skype & Google Voice
Mobile & Desktop Tools
Free and cheap long-distance calling
Free text/SMS messaging
Easily recorded
Record Skype Calls
Ecamm Skype Recorder (Mac)
MP3 Skpe Recorder (PC)
Mobile Publishing
COVERITLIVE
WORDPRESS
TUMBLR
Productivity
Newsroom Workflow
• Reporters tweet/liveblog details, quotes and media
• Web producers/editors start a story from those tweets
• Reporters use tweets as notes to write longer form
WEB TOOLS
Search for News & Sources
• Search by keywords, location, time• Reach out for more info• Follow who you reach out to
Watch the News Stream
• Tweetdeck• Hootsuite• Twitterfall• Google Plus
Local Twitter Trends
http://trendsmap.com/local/pk/islamabad
Quick Edit Photos
Piknik.com
picnik.com
Storify: Curation
All Our Ideas > Polls
Feature Example - TBDNews Example - HuffPost
Crowdmapping
Free, fast and reader-friendly
Google Docs
• Gathering info using Forms
• Sharing budgets/newsroom resources
• Free word processor/Excel/Powerpoint
QUESTIONS, FOLLOW-UP
Mandy [email protected]
@mjenkinsMore resources and such at:
zombiejournalism.com
