Digital tools for journalists (Sept. 2014 update)

Tools for today’s and
tomorrow’s journalists
Steve Outing
Media futurist, Digital-news innovator | steveouting@gmail.com
http://mediadisruptus.com
(last updated, Sept. 18, 2014)

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This is not likely to be your life as a reporter …
Steve Outing (media futurist, digital-news innovator) • http://mediadisruptus.com • steveouting@gmail.com

It will look more like this …

Local MoJo: Aimee Heckel, Daily Camera
http://modernloislane.blogspot.com/

The facts of life: Journalism in 2014 and after
In your journalism career,
you will continually
be learning and using
new tools
that do not exist yet

IMPORTANT!!! … Social media data / big data
Enter search terms to see a snapshot of related activity in the latest 500 tweets. TwXplorer will
break down the most common terms, hashtags, and links for you to filter and drill down further.
Website and free mobile apps …
Finds social-media posts near a news
event (Twitter, Instagram, Google+,
Vine, and more) …
Useful for identifying eyewitnesses,
finding news-event photos, info

Social media data / big data: Newsroom tools

Let’s talk about hardware
still

Glen Mulcahy’s recommended apps for MOJOs

Backpacks replacing TV news satellite trucks
Backpack livestream TV units using 4G
and 3G cell service or satellite uplink
can replace far more costly TV-news
satellite trucks
LiveU uplink units self-contained in
backpack … Cost: wide range, but
$15,000 for purchase or $1,500/month
to rent are typical prices

‘Wearable news gathering’
LA Times photojournalist uses GoPro
for time-lapse at Oscars Red Carpet
Mobile journalist Tim Pool livestreams using Google Glass
Narrative lifeblogging clip
camera: Takes photo every 30
seconds - $229
Autographer wearable
camera … GPS and other
sensors … Takes photos
on its own, continually
$399

Smart glasses = future reporting tool
Laforge Optical Acis smart glasses: Designed to look like normal eyeglasses …
Displays notifications from your phone … Has a camera, microphone, and speaker.
You control it with a touchpad on the side … Release: late 2014 … $399

News drones (UAVs): Poised for takeoff
Drone with GoPro:
Only for hobby use currently
(though news organizations using
them anyway)
Photojournalist recently used a drone/UAV camera to explore remains of
Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Ukraine
RESOURCES:

Now, let’s talk software and services for journalists
“ …
”!

Familiar content-creation software still relevant, but…
Expensive
Time-consuming
to learn
Difficult to learn
In the past, mostly used
by newsroom experts
(Art, Photo, Video
departments)
Powerful tools!
Allow easy publishing
to web, mobile

(BTW, open-source alternatives are free)
$$$ Free

Trend: Software tools going from desktop to cloud
… and they’re easier to learn and use

Free digital-tools tutorials from Poynter

Prezi: Not just for presentations ... Why not news?

Interactive images: Easy!

Interactive video: Embed many forms
of content on top of parts of video

Interactive video tool

Tools to create interactive images and video
Embed e-commerce/
direct-purchase
links in photos

Storify: Free, widely used curation tool
Embed what you create on website ... Easily combine original and curated content

Curation tools and services
Automatically collects and combines your social
media posts into an embeddable content block

Multimedia storytelling tools
Combines maps, timeline, links, photos, video, audio into embeddable multimedia presentation;
new form of interactive story that can be watched (TV-like) or explored at user’s speed

Multimedia, timelines, infographics, data visualization

Narrative + photos
For stories with narrative text and
great photos … Can embed
finished package on your website

Watch for new stuff: Useful for news?
When a new tool or app appears, its journalistic applications might not be immediately apparent…
E.g., Vine app: 6-second looping
video. … How about coverage
of a fashion show? …
Or a looping animated map?
What about new
Instagram Hyperlapse app?

Steve Outing
Media futurist, Digital-news innovator | steveouting@gmail.com
http://mediadisruptus.com

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