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Journalist's craft, skills, techniques & tools - Global/International
Global/International
● Every journalist has to be a user-experience designer 23-Mar-2015
● Steps to protect yourself from data theft ahead of time 22-Mar-2015
● Journalists must see beyond religion to understand people's actions 22-Mar-2015
● Cyber security for journalists: The internet is a hostile environment too 22-Mar-2015
● Drilling down: A quick guide to free and inexpensive data tools 13-Mar-2015
● Free image tool for boosting retweets - David Brewer 13-Mar-2015
● Upload clips directly to YouTube from your phone using Google’s YouTube Capture app 6-Mar-2015
● Computer-Assisted Reporting: A practical guide - Brant Houston 6-Mar-2015
● How to write a piece of investigative journalism 5-Mar-2015
● TwitShot: App for extracting images from links before posting to Twitter 5-Mar-2015
● 7 tips for journalists managing Google+ Communities 3-Mar-2015
● How do you manage multiple social media accounts? Our 12 best time-saving tools and strategies 3-Mar-2015
● 10 tips for investigating corruption 3-Mar-2015
● How to live-tweet a dangerous police standoff and what not to do - Neal Augenstein 28-Feb-2015
● 5 tips to optimize your new Twitter profile 26-Feb-2015
● The role of the fixer in foreign news: A local person hired to help with logistics, contacts and translation 26-Feb-2015
● How to turn data into stunning visual content 26-Feb-2015
● A quick guide to some of Tumblr's search features to help you find reactions to news, issues and events 26-Feb-2015
● Tips and tools for journalists to deal with online harassment 23-Feb-2015
● Creating images for social media with Canva, a design tool 22-Feb-2015
● How Wochit wants to revolutionise online video: A video creation platform and content hub 22-Feb-2015
● Five tools for getting around the 140-character count on Twitter 22-Feb-2015
● Free tools for embedding, sharing news online - David Brewer 22-Feb-2015
● Check out what kit top mobile journalists are using 22-Feb-2015

● The role of the journalist: Avoiding editorial manipulation 18-Feb-2015
● New Twitter video lets you capture, edit and share footage on the fly 31-Jan-2015
● Tips and tools for journalists to brand themselves 31-Jan-2015
● Five live streaming tools for journalists: Ustream, Livestream, Stringwire, Bambooser, Google Hangouts On
Air/YouTube
28-Jan-2015
● A brief introduction to maps: How geospatial information is used in journalism & how to get started 28-Jan-2015
● PicPlayPost app: Tell stories through photo and video collages for Instagram, Vine and other social networks 28-Jan-2015
● LinkedIn could open up doors for your reporting 22-Jan-2015
● A list of journalism podcasts that media practitioners can listen to for on-the-go tips and inspiration 22-Jan-2015
● Use Tweetbe.at to update your lists and create new ones with filtered searches including geolocation 22-Jan-2015
● The mobile journalist's 'go' bag checklist 21-Jan-2015
● Three start-up innovations that could help journalism thrive: Wibbitz, MobileReporter, Marfeel 21-Jan-2015
● How to run an interactive poll inside a tweet: Tweet a link to a Google Form 21-Jan-2015
● What platishers, like Medium, mean for unknown writers 21-Jan-2015
● How to use Facebook with keyboard shortcuts 20-Jan-2015
● Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead 16-Jan-2015
● Telegram: Send chat messages more securely with this app featuring self-destructing messages and heavy
encryption
15-Jan-2015
● Secure Messaging Scorecard: Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe? 15-Jan-2015
● How to turn your social media profiles into your resume: LinkedIn, Twitter 15-Jan-2015
● 10 Snapchat tricks everyone should know about 15-Jan-2015
● A step-by-step guide to encrypting your emails with Mailvelope 14-Jan-2015
● Instagram image search tools for journalists 14-Jan-2015
● Using OpenRefine - Ruben Verborgh, Max De Wilde 12-Jan-2015
● OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) is a powerful tool for working with messy data 12-Jan-2015

● Google Chrome browser extensions for journalists: Social media monitoring and analytics, research,
curation and more
9-Jan-2015
● How journalists can use data publishing platform Silk 9-Jan-2015
● 10 e-newsletters about media and technology for journalists 7-Jan-2015
● 10 Hollywood shots you can make with a selfie stick - Robb Montgomery 7-Jan-2015
● 29 top social media analytics software 7-Jan-2015
● Your hidden Facebook photos were never really hidden. This app finds them 31-Dec-2014
● Here are 5 reporting tools you won’t learn in class: Page Monitor, TweetDeck, Digg Reader, Topsy,
oTranscribe
28-Dec-2014
● 8 tools for greater digital security in 2015 28-Dec-2014
● How to become a designer without going to design school 28-Dec-2014
● Story Maps: Create different styles of interactive maps to tell visual stories with this free resource 28-Dec-2014
● Digital tools you should have been using in 2014 28-Dec-2014
● 6 online tools for investigative journalism 18-Dec-2014
● Data Visualization 101 series: Bar charts 18-Dec-2014
● How to get the best out of an interview - David Brewer 18-Dec-2014
● Story-based inquiry: A manual for investigative journalists - Mark Lee Hunter (UNESCO) 17-Dec-2014
● The best apps to film and edit mobile video like a pro 11-Dec-2014
● Top digital tools for investigative journalists 11-Dec-2014
● A collection of tools and resources for journalists from 2014 11-Dec-2014
● Autodesk Pixlr: Fine tune photos taken with your smartphone with this free and easy to use mobile image
editor
11-Dec-2014
● Tools and tips for saving time on social media 11-Dec-2014
● Ten tips for shooting the perfect photography 6-Dec-2014
● 10 Google tools investigative reporters can use to find information 6-Dec-2014
● Record only audio highlights with Cogi to cut down on the time spent transcribing interviews 5-Dec-2014
● Five steps for shooting the perfect sit-down interview 29-Nov-2014

● How to craft a communications plan for high-risk reporting assignments 29-Nov-2014
● New online “rapid reaction” platform to be launched for journalists under threats 28-Nov-2014
● 10 Firefox add-ons for journalists: Image editing, social media search and productivity 26-Nov-2014
● 39 blogging tools to help you work faster, write better, and land more readers 26-Nov-2014
● The science of success on Twitter: Free visual guide - SocialBro and Hubspot 26-Nov-2014
● Need a helping hand? Crowdfunding platforms for journalists 23-Nov-2014
● Basic tips for radio journalists - David Brewer 21-Nov-2014
● 9 free mapping tools and resources for visual storytelling 20-Nov-2014
● Discover information on someone using just their email address 20-Nov-2014
● 10 productivity apps for freelance journalists 20-Nov-2014
● 10 portfolio and publishing platforms for freelancers 20-Nov-2014
● Top podcasters recommend a bumper list of the best podcasting tools and software 20-Nov-2014
● 6 links that will show you what Google knows about you 19-Nov-2014
● 15 tips for producing professional interviews on video, including advice on filming, location and preparation 17-Nov-2014
● A list of more than 75 online tools and apps for investigative reporting 12-Nov-2014
● 5 recommendations for shooting time-lapse video on iPhone 12-Nov-2014
● 5 tools Storyful recommends for monitoring and verifying news from social media 12-Nov-2014
● 15 social media tips and tools for journalists 8-Nov-2014
● The unfortunate legacy of legacy culture: Too often the attitudes suffocate creative journalism, and oppose
needed change
7-Nov-2014
● Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe? 7-Nov-2014
● Infogram.org: Free tips, tricks and best practices for data visualization and data storytelling 6-Nov-2014
● Comparison tool JuxtaposeJS creates a visual for stories that show change 6-Nov-2014
● 10 new IFTTT recipes for newsgathering, productivity and monitoring information 6-Nov-2014
● Reverse image search: A Google tool every web editor and researcher should use 6-Nov-2014
● 10 copywriting tips to drive more engagement on social media 6-Nov-2014

● Steps to protect journalists and sources from online eavesdroppers 2-Nov-2014
● The five Ws of data journalism: Compile, clean, context, combine, communicate 2-Nov-2014
● 4 social marketing time management tips 25-Oct-2014
● 20 interviewing tips for journalists: Preparing and executing an interview 22-Oct-2014
● How to do community radio: A primer for community radio operators 21-Oct-2014
● Top data journalism resources (lists of links) 21-Oct-2014
● How to send email using another address from your Gmail account 18-Oct-2014
● 7 apps for producing content to post on social media while reporting from location - Judd Slivka 18-Oct-2014
● The best tools for efficient social media listening: Gather and analyze data derived from social media
channels
18-Oct-2014
● Seven mobile apps for creating that quick multimedia extra 16-Oct-2014
● Improve your Analytics skills with free online courses from Google 13-Oct-2014
● How to use Google Analytics: Getting started 13-Oct-2014
● 23 tools and resources for creating images for social media 10-Oct-2014
● How journalists can get the most out of Twitter 7-Oct-2014
● 9 online tools to help journalists monitor their beat: Tweetdeck, Facebook, RSS, email, Ping.it. Storyful, ... 25-Sep-2014
● 10 tips for good smartphone photography 25-Sep-2014
● 30 simple tools for data visualization 25-Sep-2014
● The 15 best browser extensions to improve your social media marketing 23-Sep-2014
● How can journalists protect both the sources and the communications when online? - Infosec expert Arjen
Kamphuis
20-Sep-2014
● A list of 34 apps to bring out the best in photos and videos captured on mobile - Product Hunt 20-Sep-2014
● Facebook launches a new ‘best of’ page for media companies 20-Sep-2014
● The art of photo cropping: Seven kinds of crop 18-Sep-2014
● Hyperaudio platform makes it easier for reporters to match interview transcripts with audio and video 18-Sep-2014
● Import your Facebook friends to Google+ 18-Sep-2014

● Top 14 free software for text analysis, text mining, text analytics 16-Sep-2014
● 10 tips for interviewing politicians 16-Sep-2014
● Lists of the best ways to compose posts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram and Pinterest 15-Sep-2014
● Social media kitbag: Tools for helping journalists create content, keep it relevant ... - curated by
helpingmedia
14-Sep-2014
● Remember these must-have accessories for mobile journalists 12-Sep-2014
● How to get an email alert every time a particular Twitter user tweets - Sarah Marshall 12-Sep-2014
● Using data journalism to generate content ideas 12-Sep-2014
● ‘Robot writers’ that can interpret data and generate stories are starting to appear in certain business and
media sectors
12-Sep-2014
● How to get ahead in video journalism: 10 tips for starting out from Webby award winner Pete Pattisson 11-Sep-2014
● What to avoid when reporting conflict and abuse: 10 tips 8-Sep-2014
● How do journalists spot a good story? Learning to focus on real news 3-Sep-2014
● How Twitter has changed journalism forever: Journalists use Twitter for up to 80% of their news-gathering
techniques
29-Aug-2014
● Achieving anonymity online remains difficult despite evolving privacy tools 25-Aug-2014
● Interactive images are one of the easiest, most flexible and exciting ways to digitally transform a story 22-Aug-2014
● A browser plug-in that outs native advertising: AdDetector, available free for installation on Google Chrome
or Firefox
21-Aug-2014
● 24 tips for journalistic productivity: Merging electronic and shoe–leather reporting 21-Aug-2014
● 10 exposure tips for taking better iPhone photos 20-Aug-2014
● Turn any YouTube video into a gif by just adding “gif” to the URL 19-Aug-2014
● How to use BuzzSumo to monitor social analytics 19-Aug-2014
● 5 tips for news writing with mobile eyes in mind 14-Aug-2014
● Top 10 online tools that every content writer must know 14-Aug-2014
● App for journalists: JamSnap, for adding sound to images 13-Aug-2014

● Querying multiple data sources using import.io: Compare and contrast datasets using their software 12-Aug-2014
● How to take a better selfie 12-Aug-2014
● For $2 a month, this Google Chrome extension lets you escape censorship and protect your privacy 11-Aug-2014
● 7 silly hashtag mistakes no one should make 10-Aug-2014
● Google News gives publishers more control over how it indexes their sites 8-Aug-2014
● Can you design a universal font? Enter Google and its development of the Noto font family 8-Aug-2014
● Remember these 30 third-party Twitter tools for journalists 8-Aug-2014
● Parliamentary reporting tips for beginners 8-Aug-2014
● SMToolbox: Getting the most out of Facebook and Twitter with AgoraPulse 8-Aug-2014
● How to avoid make-believe journalism: Journalists must never manipulate information 6-Aug-2014
● Does your journalism pass the 'who says' test? 5-Aug-2014
● Applying the public interest test to journalism; the private lives of public figures 4-Aug-2014
● 5 mobile journalism tips from RTÉ’s Glen Mulcahy: Don’t zoom, keep your phone in airplane mode, and
more
3-Aug-2014
● The importance of fact-checking for journalists 1-Aug-2014
● Ethical dilemma scenarios for journalists 30-Jul-2014
● How to get the best out of an interview: Interviewing as a fact-finding tool 30-Jul-2014
● 5 tools to transform or enhance text-heavy articles and make them more engaging 28-Jul-2014
● Top cybersecurity tips and tools for journalists 28-Jul-2014
● Don’t Google it: 9 alternative search engine options 28-Jul-2014
● How to Twitter and Facebook and still get things done 28-Jul-2014
● Why the proper use of quotes is important 28-Jul-2014
● CDAC: Humanitarian communication tools launched 28-Jul-2014
● Writing the body of a news story 26-Jul-2014
● The intro is the most important part of any news story: It should be direct, simple and attention-grabbing 25-Jul-2014
● Assessing what makes a news story: New? Unusual? Interesting? Significant? About people? 23-Jul-2014
● News production tips for radio journalists: A simple checklist should improve your radio pieces 22-Jul-2014

● Content over companionship: Facebook shifts further from social with its new Save feature 22-Jul-2014
● 5 basic spreadsheet skills any journalist can apply 21-Jul-2014
● 5 tips for journalists who cover trauma 19-Jul-2014
● 5 questions to ask before publishing graphic images 19-Jul-2014
● How to find and develop important news angles 19-Jul-2014
● Internal chat apps: How to save time and increase collaboration 16-Jul-2014
● Tips for writers on spotting errors in copy: Enlisting a second pair of eyes 16-Jul-2014
● Tips for journalists using Google Search: Advanced techniques for research, newsgathering and verification 15-Jul-2014
● Why and how journalists should provide attribution in news 15-Jul-2014
● Bellingcat: A new site to help investigative journalists using freely available information 14-Jul-2014
● 12 digital tools and platforms to make your newsroom more collaborative 12-Jul-2014
● Data journalism resources: Data sets, tutorials, examples of great work and more 11-Jul-2014
● How to document your research and archive your data 11-Jul-2014
● 12 tools journalists can use to search, monitor or curate content from the social web 11-Jul-2014
● Lessons for journalists in how Storyful verifies the biggest breaking news 11-Jul-2014
● 9 free platforms for journalists to learn how to code 9-Jul-2014
● A guide to advanced newsgathering using Tweetdeck 8-Jul-2014
● 10 things every data journalist should know 7-Jul-2014
● New UGC verification platform SAM is a 'CMS for tweets' 7-Jul-2014
● 10 essential self-taught journalism skills 3-Jul-2014
● Learn how to protect your email communication in less than 30 minutes 2-Jul-2014
● BBC makes its training resources free to the public in 11 languages 2-Jul-2014
● Why and how freelancers should encrypt 2-Jul-2014
● How to build a pivot table to find the story in data 2-Jul-2014
● Why computers won’t be replacing you just yet: A 25-question Twitter quiz to predict retweets 2-Jul-2014
● Digital tools training: A series of free Webinar tutorials - Poynter 1-Jul-2014

● Truth Goggles is a tool to enable anyone to annotate an existing piece of online content 30-Jun-2014
● Tame analyses Twitter-user timelines and gives a real-time overview of the most relevant links, topics and
accounts
28-Jun-2014
● Civic Patterns is building a common language for creating news and citizen engagement apps 25-Jun-2014
● How to do Twitter research on a shoestring: Tools 25-Jun-2014
● Bobbler app: Produce shareable audio packages - text, images and geo-tags, direct from your smartphone 20-Jun-2014
● Contributoria, a member-supported writing platform: Community funded, collaborative journalism 17-Jun-2014
● Key tips, apps for mobile reporters working in tough environments 17-Jun-2014
● 5 survival tips for reporting between religious red lines 17-Jun-2014
● Journalism training courses need to equip their students to deal with the challenges ahead - Robert Picard 15-Jun-2014
● Dataminr: The app uses an algorithm to mine Twitter for information tailored to the needs of users 15-Jun-2014
● Six social search tools to find and analyze trends on Twitter: Topsy, Tame.it, Hootsuite, WeFollow, ... 15-Jun-2014
● 10 simple steps to being a more organised freelancer 14-Jun-2014
● Trooclick: A browser plugin alerts you if an article includes “glitches” - incorrect facts, something about the
ethics, ...
14-Jun-2014
● Got TweetCred? Use it to automatically identify credible tweets 9-Jun-2014
● A new calculator that measures the reach of a media campaign across the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, even 4th and 5th
screens
9-Jun-2014
● Guidelines for interviewing victims of sexual and gender-based violence 3-Jun-2014
● 7 essential free tools for social media design: Pixlr, WhatDaFont, The Noun Project, Design Kindle, ... 3-Jun-2014
● How sensor reporting helps journalists find data where none exist 2-Jun-2014
● Hostwriter platform lets journalists contact each other for world-wide collaboration opportunities 2-Jun-2014
● SMToolbox: Top tips on social media tools from Ian Cleary of Razor Social 2-Jun-2014
● How Muck Rack’s social media tool lets journalists track content sharing 1-Jun-2014
● SMToolbox: Bringing together SEO, social and content marketing data with the gShift platform 30-May-2014

● Muck Rack enables journalists to see how widely their articles are being shared on social media 29-May-2014
● Next-generation responsive Web design tools: Webflow, Edge Reflow, Macaw 29-May-2014
● Planning a data journalism story from start to finish 29-May-2014
● Microsoft's Skype Translator will translate voice calls on the fly 28-May-2014
● Analytics are news media’s best friend: Trust them - Anette Novak 24-May-2014
● 5 comprehensive data visualization catalogues for journalists & designers 24-May-2014
● How FB Newswire can enhance newsgathering 24-May-2014
● Pixifly, an app for searching Instagram photos by date and location 24-May-2014
● Trooclick: 'Automatic fact-checking' app due to launch this summer 24-May-2014
● Tips for making it as a freelance journalist 24-May-2014
● Cronycle: A web platform to organise and curate information from Twitter and RSS around a topic or beat 24-May-2014
● 5 ways journalists can use Reddit for sourcing stories, user engagement and more 24-May-2014
● The Twitter 'news compass' explained: How journalists can make the most out of the social network 24-May-2014
● The best tools, tricks, and strategies to create successful social video content 24-May-2014
● Interviewing beyond words: How journalists can effectively elicit answers to their questions 24-May-2014
● Decoding data visualizations: #oneSecond by Philipp Adrian 12-May-2014
● "Do-it-yourself ethics code" project can help journalists and students 12-May-2014
● The datavisualisation design process: 7 steps for beginners 12-May-2014
● TuneIn relaunches with a big focus on social to become the Twitter of radio 12-May-2014
● Facebook at 10: A key tool for journalists 12-May-2014
● A new image hosting service, Izitru, will rate the authenticity of digital images 11-May-2014
● What does the Facebook algorithm change mean for your brand: From fan acquisition to pay for views 8-May-2014
● 4 Google Analytics custom variables every publisher should use 8-May-2014
● Christian Payne, Documentally, shares his favourite apps, tools and tips for multimedia storytelling 3-May-2014
● 6 Twitter best practices for journalists, writers, and authors 3-May-2014

● Google tools for journalists: Search tips, Google Trends, Google Public Data, Google Hangouts 3-May-2014
● A simple but elegant method to detect election fraud and irregularities 3-May-2014
● Socialbakers Analytics offers a new unified overview of all platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, VK, ... 3-May-2014
● Four free tools to add interactivity to your next news story 19-Apr-2014
● Coding for journalists: 10 hottest websites to teach yourself to code 19-Apr-2014
● 8 digital tools every journalist should try - Eric Newton 19-Apr-2014
● Mattermap - a tool for curating content: Create a mind map of crowdsourced information or quotes 19-Apr-2014
● 5 typography terms you must know: Hierarchy, weight, tracking, leading, kerning 19-Apr-2014
● “SaferJourno" toolkit offers digital security resources for media trainers 13-Apr-2014
● Learn how to use Weibo to find Chinese stories 4-Apr-2014
● The ideal length of everything online, backed by research: Tweet, Facebook post, Google+ headline, blog
post, ...
4-Apr-2014
● Tips to help make your next live tweet session a success 29-Mar-2014
● How to use Twitter to find people at a breaking news scene 27-Mar-2014
● Photos just got more social: Include up to four photos in a Tweet, tag up to 10 people in a photo 27-Mar-2014
● SaferJourno toolkit provides digital and online safety resources for journalism and media trainers 27-Mar-2014
● Trauma in journalism: What every freelancer at risk needs to know 23-Mar-2014
● Code for Africa: Why newsrooms should use Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) 23-Mar-2014
● How transmedia reporting could make journalism investigations more transparent 23-Mar-2014
● 10 ways communicators can conduct better interviews 23-Mar-2014
● Steve Buttry: #twutorial for copy editors: Links, slides and tweets 23-Mar-2014
● 5 pieces of advice for getting into music journalism 14-Mar-2014
● Yatterbox, a free platform for tracking social media mentions by key influencers across media and politics 14-Mar-2014
● Tips for freelance journalists reporting from protest zones 8-Mar-2014
● Response Stack: Building an open-source tool for embedding comments 8-Mar-2014

● Beginner’s guide to improving online security 8-Mar-2014
● Why Skype isn’t safe for journalists: Here are some alternatives for secure voice calls to use instead 27-Feb-2014
● How freelance journalists can stay safe in protest zones 27-Feb-2014
● Google's top-notch tools that even the most skeptical journalist should try out 27-Feb-2014
● Reporters who want to break big news have to know their digital espionage tradecraft 23-Feb-2014
● App for journalists: Audio Memos, for recording, editing and sharing interviews 23-Feb-2014
● Delve Deep: New software for data mining from the Associated Press 19-Feb-2014
● Tips for journalists requesting information from authorities 17-Feb-2014
● Top ten website metrics you need to know 17-Feb-2014
● How Keepr helps journalists search the social web for breaking news stories and delivers sources 15-Feb-2014
● On a budget: Creating engaging infographics: Infoactive turns numbers into stories 13-Feb-2014
● SMToolbox: Improve your Twitter insights with Twitonomy 12-Feb-2014
● 3 web tools to boost audience engagement: ReadrBoard and SpeakPipe widgets, LinkSmart platform 9-Feb-2014
● Easy steps for making charts and infographics using the free DataWrapper app 9-Feb-2014
● Beginner's guide to hashtags, mentions, and replies 8-Feb-2014
● Social media tools that will complement the rise of social media jobs: Monitoring, engagement, marketing,
analytics
6-Feb-2014
● Are you interested in becoming a social media writer? Develop these 5 skills and you are well on your way 6-Feb-2014
● The Humanitarian Data Toolkit to facilitate timely information needs assessments during a crisis 5-Feb-2014
● A beginner's guide to encryption: What it is and how to set it up 5-Feb-2014
● Foc.us: The first commercial tDCS headset that lets you safely overclock your brain 5-Feb-2014
● Sustainable SEO methods and tools that work in 2014 27-Jan-2014
● The current social media marketing tools landscape and how it changes 27-Jan-2014
● Learn how to turn TV archive footage into interactive videos 26-Jan-2014
● As large quantities of data are produced and analysed, are journalists properly equipped to analyse it? 26-Jan-2014

● Verification Handbook: A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage 23-Jan-2014
● How journalists can use Storehouse, a new iPad app, to integrate large images, video and text 21-Jan-2014
● A list of data journalism resources - Global Investigative Journalism Network 21-Jan-2014
● Make transcribing interviews quicker and easier with this free dictaphone app for iOS 20-Jan-2014
● The complete guide to LinkedIn etiquette 18-Jan-2014
● Spreecast is like G+ Hangouts: Video platform for hosting and viewing live and socially-interactive videos 15-Jan-2014
● A speedy guide for journalists on finding data and tools for visualising it – with minimum coding skills
required
14-Jan-2014
● 10 simple tools every digital newsroom should be using in 2014 13-Jan-2014
● Questions: An app for crowdsourcing Q&As using video 13-Jan-2014
● 5 ways to write effective sentences: Insert facts, create images, evoke emotion, make promises, ... 13-Jan-2014
● Jelly, a social app for posting questions and answers: A new way to search 9-Jan-2014
● Pipl: This tool quickly tracks down people's multiple social media profiles to help with verification 9-Jan-2014
● How to blog when you don’t have your own blog: Guest blogging to the rescue 9-Jan-2014
● 10 great alternatives to the Google keyword research tool 8-Jan-2014
● 6 skills you need to be a social media professional: Listening, pattern recognition, visual thinking, ... 8-Jan-2014
● 10 key skills for digital journalists to hone in 2014: Validate and verify, make the most of your mobile, ... 7-Jan-2014
● Advice for reporting securely from an Android device 4-Jan-2014
● Use a Chrome plug-in for image verification 4-Jan-2014
● Embedplus, for customising YouTube videos: Add scene markers, custom start/stop times, annotations, ... 4-Jan-2014
● How do people keep up with reading The WSJ, FT, The NYT, The Economist, etc? 4-Jan-2014

Journalist's craft, skills, techniques & tools - By countries
Afghanistan
Angola
● Geo-mapping tools and data analysis redefine reporting in Africa 4-Apr-2014
Argentina
● Ten tips for shooting the perfect photography 6-Dec-2014
● Analice.me platform helps journalists automatically analyze thousands of documents 5-Jun-2014
Armenia
Australia
● Fairfax Media to get rid of subeditors and photographers at regional papers: Reporters will be trained to edit
stories and take photos
18-Oct-2014
● Shorthand, Storehouse and Steller: Three visual-storytelling apps for journalists 25-Sep-2014
● 11 steps to a better Twitter stream: Guidelines based on the publicly available policies and interviews 23-Mar-2014
Austria
● X.News: A collaborative search engine for journalists aiming to bring all sources into one place 5-Dec-2014
Belarus
● Detective.io is open source to help track connections through datasets to uncover corruption, crime and
wrongdoing
18-Dec-2014
Belgium
● New online “rapid reaction” platform to be launched for journalists under threats 28-Nov-2014
● L'Echo and De Tijd's Nicolas Becquet on digital tools and platforms 3-Oct-2014
Brazil
● Satellite images as proof: Interpreting satellite imagery is as much art as it is science 4-Oct-2014

Brazil
● Portuguese translation of the Verification Handbook released 2-Jul-2014
● The Geojournalism Handbook: A part of the portfolio of the Environmental News Lab (Ecolab) 28-Sep-2013
Canada
● How one young Canadian reporter in Haiti helped turn Twitter into a storytelling tool, used as a live blog 17-Jan-2015
Central African Republic
● CDAC: Humanitarian communication tools launched 28-Jul-2014
Chile
● Handbook helps Latin American journalists understand and work with data 3-Oct-2014
China
● Visual storytelling: Journalists need to understand "visual grammar" - digital storyteller Adam Westbrook 6-Jun-2014
● Learn how to use Weibo to find Chinese stories 4-Apr-2014
Colombia
Congo Democratic Republic
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
● To what extent traditional journalistic methods are being replaced by social media platforms - Charles
University in Prague
20-Nov-2014
Denmark
● The role of the fixer in foreign news: A local person hired to help with logistics, contacts and translation 26-Feb-2015
● Journalists cannot operate unless they can deal with data - Nils Mulvad, The Danish School of Media 14-Jul-2014

Ecuador
Egypt
● Promoting civic engagement in the periods between elections through monitorial democracy: Projects and
tools
26-Aug-2014
Ethiopia
● Google Docs in Amharic: A security tool for Ethiopian bloggers 25-Aug-2014
Finland
● Scoopshot: Photo crowdsourcing service, connecting photographers with media companies and brands 16-Jan-2014
● The existing journalistic culture is important in how social media are being adopted by the media
professionals
9-Jan-2014
France
● Travel light with this mobile journalism kit: Mobile journalism had its place in Paris, but it couldn’t work alone 13-Feb-2015
● ISIS in the news: Lessons for coverage from CNN, Al Jazeera and France 24 17-Nov-2014
● What are the perfect tools for a mobile reporter? - Nicolas Becquet, mobile journalism expert 16-Oct-2014
● L'Echo and De Tijd's Nicolas Becquet on digital tools and platforms 3-Oct-2014
● Trooclick: A browser plugin alerts you if an article includes “glitches” - incorrect facts, something about the
ethics, ...
14-Jun-2014
● Trooclick: 'Automatic fact-checking' app due to launch this summer 24-May-2014
Germany
● A partial list of Berlin-based encrypted data sharing apps 28-Jan-2015
● Manual for Radio Journalists - Peter Hüllen / Thorsten Karg, DWA 12-Jan-2015
● Remember these must-have accessories for mobile journalists 12-Sep-2014

Germany
● How to document your research and archive your data 11-Jul-2014
● Tame analyses Twitter-user timelines and gives a real-time overview of the most relevant links, topics and
accounts
28-Jun-2014
● Hostwriter platform lets journalists contact each other for world-wide collaboration opportunities 2-Jun-2014
● In Germany, to alert reporters to developing incidents worth covering, call a Journalist app 18-Jan-2014
professionals
9-Jan-2014
Haiti
● How one young Canadian reporter in Haiti helped turn Twitter into a storytelling tool, used as a live blog 17-Jan-2015
India
tools
26-Aug-2014
Ireland
● 5 tools Storyful recommends for monitoring and verifying news from social media 12-Nov-2014
● 5 mobile journalism tips from RTÉ’s Glen Mulcahy: Don’t zoom, keep your phone in airplane mode, and
more
3-Aug-2014
Japan
tools
26-Aug-2014
Kenya
● How to counter rumors and prevent violence using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) 11-Mar-2015

Kenya
tools
26-Aug-2014
● Hate speech: A 5-point test for journalists: Turning the page of hate in media: The campaign for tolerance in
African journalism
17-Jun-2014
Macedonia
● Macedonian NGO develops first ever Android and iOS app to battle hate speech 3-Mar-2015
Malaysia
● How journalists evade censors 7-Nov-2014
Mexico
● How journalists can find, extract and use open data 3-Mar-2015
● Four tips for thriving as an investigative freelance reporter - Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab Wilhelm 12-Nov-2014
Namibia
Netherlands
● Mattermap - a tool for curating content: Create a mind map of crowdsourced information or quotes 19-Apr-2014
Nigeria
tools
26-Aug-2014
● Key tips, apps for mobile reporters working in tough environments 17-Jun-2014
Pakistan
Peru
● How journalists can find, extract and use open data 3-Mar-2015

Poland
● Journalists cannot operate unless they can deal with data - Nils Mulvad, The Danish School of Media 14-Jul-2014
Portugal
● Portuguese translation of the Verification Handbook released 2-Jul-2014
Qatar
Russia
● How to identify a fake: Photo, video, witness statements, Western mass media news 7-Jul-2014
● Russian research institute develops ‘spy-proof’ Android-derivative tablet 5-Jul-2014
● Tor: Anonymous browser mass hit as Russians seek to escape Internet censorship 19-Jun-2014
● StopFake: A Ukrainian factchecking site is trying to spot fake photos in social media - and building audience 2-Jun-2014
● How Russians are outsmarting Internet censorship 28-Mar-2014
Rwanda
● Hate speech: A 5-point test for journalists: Turning the page of hate in media: The campaign for tolerance in
African journalism
17-Jun-2014
Serbia
● “Just copy and paste”: Second-class journalists? 8-Aug-2014
Singapore
● The pros and pitfalls of reporting news via social media 14-Mar-2014
Slovenia
● “Just copy and paste”: Second-class journalists? 8-Aug-2014

South Africa
● How can online research tools aid the work of investigative reporters? 23-Aug-2014
Sweden
● Mission Investigate aims to expose irregularities and abuses of power: Read the manuals 20-Jan-2015
● Pre-publication quality control: Program Mission Investigate - Swedish Television 20-Jan-2015
● Analytics are news media’s best friend: Trust them - Anette Novak 24-May-2014
professionals
9-Jan-2014
Syria
Tanzania
tools
26-Aug-2014
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
● How to identify a fake: Photo, video, witness statements, Western mass media news 7-Jul-2014
● StopFake: A Ukrainian factchecking site is trying to spot fake photos in social media - and building audience 2-Jun-2014
United Kingdom
● Every journalist has to be a user-experience designer 23-Mar-2015

United Kingdom
● Are we close to seeing virtual reality in news? How should a journalist approach virtual reality for
storytelling?
22-Mar-2015
● Editors Rusbridger, Dacre, Witherow and others reveal what it takes to be a good journalist 22-Mar-2015
● Journalists must see beyond religion to understand people's actions 22-Mar-2015
● Cyber security for journalists: The internet is a hostile environment too 22-Mar-2015
● What freelance journalists should do to stay on top of their finances 16-Mar-2015
● Journohub.co.uk wants to link editors and freelancers 13-Mar-2015
● Free image tool for boosting retweets - David Brewer 13-Mar-2015
● Tools for planning high-risk reporting assignments 11-Mar-2015
● The Times digital team launches its own open-source image creation tool 5-Mar-2015
● How to write a piece of investigative journalism 5-Mar-2015
● Free tools for embedding, sharing news online - David Brewer 22-Feb-2015
● Check out what kit top mobile journalists are using 22-Feb-2015
● Learn how to create a 'tweetable quote' on your site or blog - Paul Bradshaw 22-Feb-2015
● The role of the journalist: Avoiding editorial manipulation 18-Feb-2015
● Visual journalism and what makes a good infographic - Lulu Pinney 13-Feb-2015
● Travel light with this mobile journalism kit: Mobile journalism had its place in Paris, but it couldn’t work alone 13-Feb-2015
● How aerial drones are becoming the latest 'essential tool' for UK news organisations 7-Feb-2015
● A few points for using photos to enhance stories - Phil Coomes, picture editor for the BBC News website 31-Jan-2015
● PicPlayPost app: Tell stories through photo and video collages for Instagram, Vine and other social networks 28-Jan-2015
● Five ways for journalists to make best use of Twitter to cover the long #Election2015 campaign 28-Jan-2015
● Four weather writing lessons from someone who died more than 300 years ago 28-Jan-2015
● The Guardian: A new audience analytics platform accessible to every Guardian employee 23-Jan-2015

United Kingdom
● 10 tips for journalists using WhatsApp's new web client to gather news and disseminate reports 23-Jan-2015
● Remember this advice on reporting mental health issues responsibly 20-Jan-2015
● The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) Editorial Guidelines 4th Edition - UNESCO 12-Jan-2015
● Journalists grapple with complexities of covering slavery - Timothy Large 9-Jan-2015
● Story Maps: Create different styles of interactive maps to tell visual stories with this free resource 28-Dec-2014
● 6 online tools for investigative journalism 18-Dec-2014
● Detective.io is open source to help track connections through datasets to uncover corruption, crime and
wrongdoing
18-Dec-2014
● How to get the best out of an interview - David Brewer 18-Dec-2014
● What digital skills journalists should have today and how newsrooms are changing to adapt - Trinity Mirror
editor
29-Nov-2014
● What's next for photojournalists in the digital age? They need to prove they're 'indispensable' in the
newsroom
29-Nov-2014
● Tips for dealing with suspicious user-generated content - Chris Hamilton, BBC News social media editor 27-Nov-2014
● Basic tips for radio journalists - David Brewer 21-Nov-2014
● Advice for trainees in the newsroom from BBC and the Guardian: How can you get your foot in the door and
...
20-Nov-2014
● Online communities for freelance journalists 20-Nov-2014
● 5 recommendations for shooting time-lapse video on iPhone 12-Nov-2014
● The unfortunate legacy of legacy culture: Too often the attitudes suffocate creative journalism, and oppose
needed change
7-Nov-2014

United Kingdom
● Guardian launches open-source data journalism tool: Making use of real-time data collection and
visualisation
25-Oct-2014
● 20 interviewing tips for journalists: Preparing and executing an interview 22-Oct-2014
● Media law in the social media age: 90% of respondents got a question about the Defamation Act 2013
wrong
22-Oct-2014
● Whisper: The anonymous app that isn’t so anonymous after all 18-Oct-2014
● Twitter basics for journalists: Q&A with Mark Frankel, BBC News Twitter 16-Oct-2014
● Shorthand launches storytelling tool aimed at freelancers: Producing media-rich stories combining text,
images and video
10-Oct-2014
● How Magistrates' court operates and what to watch out for - BBC journalist Rory Maclean 10-Oct-2014
● 10 tips for interviewing politicians 16-Sep-2014
● Web analytics: The basics - BBC News (video) 10-Sep-2014
● What to avoid when reporting conflict and abuse: 10 tips 8-Sep-2014
● Tips and advice for music journalism 4-Sep-2014
● How do journalists spot a good story? Learning to focus on real news 3-Sep-2014
● Trinity Mirror Regionals is taking to Google+: Reaching new audiences, integrating Google reporting and
publishing tools
3-Sep-2014
● How to stand out from the crowd as a young journalist - Eleanor Mills, The Sunday Times 28-Aug-2014
● 24 tips for journalistic productivity: Merging electronic and shoe–leather reporting 21-Aug-2014
● Tips: Responsible reporting of suicide 12-Aug-2014
● Remember these 30 third-party Twitter tools for journalists 8-Aug-2014
● Parliamentary reporting tips for beginners 8-Aug-2014
● How to avoid make-believe journalism: Journalists must never manipulate information 6-Aug-2014
● Does your journalism pass the 'who says' test? 5-Aug-2014
● Applying the public interest test to journalism; the private lives of public figures 4-Aug-2014
● The importance of fact-checking for journalists 1-Aug-2014

United Kingdom
● Ethical dilemma scenarios for journalists 30-Jul-2014
● How to get the best out of an interview: Interviewing as a fact-finding tool 30-Jul-2014
● Screencast: How to extract data from websites using the free tool import.io 28-Jul-2014
● Why the proper use of quotes is important 28-Jul-2014
● Writing the body of a news story 26-Jul-2014
● The intro is the most important part of any news story: It should be direct, simple and attention-grabbing 25-Jul-2014
● Assessing what makes a news story: New? Unusual? Interesting? Significant? About people? 23-Jul-2014
● News production tips for radio journalists: A simple checklist should improve your radio pieces 22-Jul-2014
● 5 basic spreadsheet skills any journalist can apply 21-Jul-2014
● How to find and develop important news angles 19-Jul-2014
● Tips for writers on spotting errors in copy: Enlisting a second pair of eyes 16-Jul-2014
● Why and how journalists should provide attribution in news 15-Jul-2014
● Keeping the sub happy: Writing and reporting tips for print journalists 14-Jul-2014
● Tips for journalists: How to behave before, during and after a job interview 14-Jul-2014
● 12 tools journalists can use to search, monitor or curate content from the social web 11-Jul-2014
● Newspryng is a new platform, helping freelancers publish their work and get paid for it 11-Jul-2014
● For journalists, clarity is as important as accuracy - Vince Ryan 9-Jul-2014
● A guide to advanced newsgathering using Tweetdeck 8-Jul-2014
● How do you decide if a story is in the public interest? A scenario with four questions 8-Jul-2014
● News writing tips for beginners - John Allen 8-Jul-2014
● The Press Association is to trial an ‘early warning system’ for breaking news designed to spot trends on
Twitter
4-Jul-2014
● 10 essential self-taught journalism skills 3-Jul-2014
● BBC makes its training resources free to the public in 11 languages 2-Jul-2014
● How to build a pivot table to find the story in data 2-Jul-2014

United Kingdom
● Key tips and advice for mobile journalism: Keep your job simple 28-Jun-2014
● The Guardian first to adopt Google Glass tech in the UK 24-Jun-2014
● The changing face of newsgathering in the social and digital age - BBC News 24-Jun-2014
● The Guardian introduces SecureDrop for document leaks 5-Jun-2014
● How to have a digital 'edge' as a new journalist 12-May-2014
● Alan Rusbridger: Journalists should not promise sources they are confidential unless they understand the
technology
29-Mar-2014
● How to use Twitter to find people at a breaking news scene 27-Mar-2014
● Trauma in journalism: What every freelancer at risk needs to know 23-Mar-2014
● The pros and pitfalls of reporting news via social media 14-Mar-2014
● Response Stack: Building an open-source tool for embedding comments 8-Mar-2014
● Is online abuse affecting journalists' behaviour? 8-Mar-2014
● Pheme: Social 'lie detector' will help journalists verify online rumours 2-Mar-2014
● How journalists can juggle speedy reporting with verification 2-Mar-2014
● Media Standards Trust has released an updated version of Churnalism: News stories that are rewrites of
press releases
13-Feb-2014
● Learn how to turn TV archive footage into interactive videos 26-Jan-2014
● As large quantities of data are produced and analysed, are journalists properly equipped to analyse it? 26-Jan-2014
● Data journalism: Mapping the future: The dream team – and the importance of technical skills 21-Jan-2014
● How to attend a press conference: Wear red, watch the body language 18-Jan-2014
required
14-Jan-2014

United Kingdom
professionals
9-Jan-2014
● Pipl: This tool quickly tracks down people's multiple social media profiles to help with verification 9-Jan-2014
● How to report on personal finance responsibly 9-Jan-2014
● Six things all journalists need to know about the Defamation Act 2013 (which is now in force) 4-Jan-2014
● All great works of literature began as infographics: Famous authors’ handwritten outlines 3-Jan-2014
United States of America
● Excel is the Swiss Army knife for production metrics: Productivity, packaging, employees 23-Mar-2015
● How to create data visualisations using Tableau's Story Points 23-Mar-2015
● 7 self-editing tips for reporters without copy editors 23-Mar-2015
● 3 tips for understanding science journalism 22-Mar-2015
● When it’s good (and bad) to be ‘stupid’ in interviews - Steve Buttry 22-Mar-2015
● Interviewing advice from veteran journalists - Steve Buttry 13-Mar-2015
● Addressing journalistic innumeracy and math phobia: A sequence of resources to sharpen your mind 13-Mar-2015
● Shut up and listen: Getting the most from your interviews - Steve Buttry 13-Mar-2015
● How to create perfect headlines for social media posts 10-Mar-2015
● Guide to critical thinking, research, data and theory: Overview for journalists 6-Mar-2015
● Computer-Assisted Reporting: A practical guide - Brant Houston 6-Mar-2015
● Advice for journalists on debunking breaking news rumors - Craig Silverman 5-Mar-2015
● Copyediting for reporters: How to get the basics right 5-Mar-2015
● A guide to easy cybersecurity for journalists - Larry Dailey 5-Mar-2015
● Tips on verifying, debunking and carefully handling rumors - Steve Buttry 3-Mar-2015
● Open Pipe Kit will enable to collect and store data from sensors without any programming experience 28-Feb-2015

● How to live-tweet a dangerous police standoff and what not to do - Neal Augenstein 28-Feb-2015
● 5 tips to optimize your new Twitter profile 26-Feb-2015
● Capture: News outlets are using this new site to find photos and video on social media 26-Feb-2015
● How journalists are using Slack and Hangouts (instead of email) to stay connected 26-Feb-2015
● Tips and tools for journalists to deal with online harassment 23-Feb-2015
● Creating images for social media with Canva, a design tool 22-Feb-2015
● How Wochit wants to revolutionise online video: A video creation platform and content hub 22-Feb-2015
● Five tools for getting around the 140-character count on Twitter 22-Feb-2015
● The ingredients for a powerful news story - Jeff Hodson 13-Feb-2015
● Contextual storytelling platform Fold wants to take readers 'in new directions': Telling non-linear stories 13-Feb-2015
● Factors to consider in early identification of murder victims - Steve Buttry 13-Feb-2015
● The creative and offbeat ways journalists are using Snapchat, the popular messaging app 7-Feb-2015
● Timing and other writing lessons from Harper Lee 7-Feb-2015
● 5 tips for getting people to go on the record 7-Feb-2015
● Using story elements: Think beyond the 5 W’s: An updated writing workshop handout - Steve Buttry 7-Feb-2015
● Writing as you report: An updated workshop handout - Steve Buttry 7-Feb-2015
● Writing the News: A Guide for Print Journalists - third edition, by Walter Fox 7-Feb-2015
● How to find details that make a powerful story 6-Feb-2015
● Tips and tools for journalists to brand themselves 31-Jan-2015
● A brief introduction to maps: How geospatial information is used in journalism & how to get started 28-Jan-2015
● What platishers, like Medium, mean for unknown writers 21-Jan-2015
● 10 e-newsletters about media and technology for journalists 7-Jan-2015
● 3 big lies that public speakers tell and why journalists should care 7-Jan-2015

● Here are 5 reporting tools you won’t learn in class: Page Monitor, TweetDeck, Digg Reader, Topsy,
oTranscribe
28-Dec-2014
● Digital tools you should have been using in 2014 28-Dec-2014
● Digital publishing: To tweet or not to tweet? It's detrimental to your job to ignore Twitter 21-Dec-2014
● Should it be a requirement, in today’s digital environment, for reporters and editors to be on Twitter? 19-Dec-2014
● Data Visualization 101 series: Bar charts 18-Dec-2014
● Tools and tips for saving time on social media 11-Dec-2014
● Tips for interviewing rape survivors and verifying their stories - Steve Buttry 11-Dec-2014
● 11 resources for responsibly reporting on rape 10-Dec-2014
● Emergent: A tool that tracks the dissemination of rumors online 7-Dec-2014
● U.S. broadcaster intends to test newsgathering drones in Oregon 6-Dec-2014
● How to teach sports journalists to get out of their comfort zone 5-Dec-2014
● X.News: A collaborative search engine for journalists aiming to bring all sources into one place 5-Dec-2014
● Five steps for shooting the perfect sit-down interview 29-Nov-2014
● How to craft a communications plan for high-risk reporting assignments 29-Nov-2014
● Photographer Rick Berk shares five ways to get better pictures when using autofocus 29-Nov-2014
● 4 skills newsroom recruiters wish more job candidates had 27-Nov-2014
● How to use the colon: Understand its usage once and for all 27-Nov-2014
● How to become a numbers person in journalism 27-Nov-2014
● Requiring links to sources can keep you from falling for pranks - Steve Buttry 26-Nov-2014
● For freelancers alone in danger zones, a communications plan is crucial 23-Nov-2014
● Need a helping hand? Crowdfunding platforms for journalists 23-Nov-2014
● 6 links that will show you what Google knows about you 19-Nov-2014
● How to cover a campus crisis 17-Nov-2014

● 15 tips for producing professional interviews on video, including advice on filming, location and preparation 17-Nov-2014
● StoryTracker is a new tool to track how news homepages change - hour by hour, every single day 14-Nov-2014
● A list of more than 75 online tools and apps for investigative reporting 12-Nov-2014
● Can mesh networks and offline wireless move from protest tools to news? 12-Nov-2014
● Links and slides on aggregation and curation - Steve Buttry 12-Nov-2014
● How journalists can protect their digital information: Avoid risk by securing electronic devices 8-Nov-2014
● 15 social media tips and tools for journalists 8-Nov-2014
● J-school students build skills to cover data-driven political campaigns 7-Nov-2014
● How outlets are using Twitter, YouTube, Google+ in reporting 7-Nov-2014
● Infogram.org: Free tips, tricks and best practices for data visualization and data storytelling 6-Nov-2014
● Comparison tool JuxtaposeJS creates a visual for stories that show change 6-Nov-2014
● 10 new IFTTT recipes for newsgathering, productivity and monitoring information 6-Nov-2014
● Reverse image search: A Google tool every web editor and researcher should use 6-Nov-2014
● 10 copywriting tips to drive more engagement on social media 6-Nov-2014
● Using Storify to teach social media writing skills 2-Nov-2014
● The five Ws of data journalism: Compile, clean, context, combine, communicate 2-Nov-2014
● Interviewing: The Oregon Method - chapters from professional interviewers, scholars and teachers 25-Oct-2014
● 4 social marketing time management tips 25-Oct-2014
● A NY Times editor: ‘Having the top editor active on Twitter is important’ - Steve Buttry 18-Oct-2014
● Whisper: The anonymous app that isn’t so anonymous after all 18-Oct-2014
● 7 apps for producing content to post on social media while reporting from location - Judd Slivka 18-Oct-2014
● My students will learn about interactive storytelling tools, but I won’t teach them - Steve Buttry 18-Oct-2014
● Here’s what journalists miss when they don’t leave the office 14-Oct-2014

● We still don’t know how to stop misinformation online: But new tools like Emergent could help find the
answer
10-Oct-2014
● How better listening skills can make better interviews - journalist E. S. Isaac 10-Oct-2014
● The case for automatic encryption, especially for journalists 7-Oct-2014
● Does it matter that some New York Times editors and writers don’t tweet? Yes and no 3-Oct-2014
● How journalists are embracing the innovation of Twitter: Interviews with journalists at four U.S. metro
newspapers
3-Oct-2014
● In focus: Faith, LGBT people, & the midterm elections - a resource guide to challenge anti-LGBT talking
heads
3-Oct-2014
● How tech reporters can deepen their beat: Learn technical language 28-Sep-2014
● Oligrapher: A new tool can help journalists draw connections in election season 25-Sep-2014
● The big conundrum: Should journalists learn code? Coding is the new grammar 25-Sep-2014
● The Newspaper Designer's Handbook (7th edition) - Tim Harrower and Julie Elman 20-Sep-2014
● How can journalists protect both the sources and the communications when online? - Infosec expert Arjen
Kamphuis
20-Sep-2014
● The art of photo cropping: Seven kinds of crop 18-Sep-2014
● Top 14 free software for text analysis, text mining, text analytics 16-Sep-2014
● Is it original? An editor’s guide to identifying plagiarism 16-Sep-2014
● Lists of the best ways to compose posts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram and Pinterest 15-Sep-2014
● Website linking: The growing problem of “link rot” and best practices for media and online publishers 12-Sep-2014
● 25 ways to tighten your writing - Betsy Mike 12-Sep-2014
● ‘Robot writers’ that can interpret data and generate stories are starting to appear in certain business and
media sectors
12-Sep-2014

● Ten keys to creating a data animation for a newsroom 11-Sep-2014
● How to get ahead in video journalism: 10 tips for starting out from Webby award winner Pete Pattisson 11-Sep-2014
● Ask a freelancer: How do you write 20–30 pieces every week? 10-Sep-2014
● How to properly use [sic] 10-Sep-2014
● Examples of stories using interactive tools - Steve Buttry 9-Sep-2014
● Intellectually-honest and intellectually-dishonest debate tactics - John T. Reed 6-Sep-2014
● 4 writing lessons from the comedy of Joan Rivers 6-Sep-2014
● How reporters can use LinkedIn to find sources and share ideas 4-Sep-2014
● How Twitter has changed journalism forever: Journalists use Twitter for up to 80% of their news-gathering
techniques
29-Aug-2014
● Planning digital enterprise stories - Steve Buttry 29-Aug-2014
● How to Write: Communicating Ideas and Information - Herbert E. Meyer, Jill M. Meyer 29-Aug-2014
● How to Analyze Information: A Step-by-Step Guide to Life's Most Vital Skill - Herbert E. Meyer 29-Aug-2014
● Creating Facebook posts that provide value: Always post with intent 28-Aug-2014
tools
26-Aug-2014
● Using peer-to-peer technology to crowdsource a way around online censorship 25-Aug-2014
● What is a flag for? Social media reporting tools and the vocabulary of complaint - Kate Crawford 25-Aug-2014
● How can online research tools aid the work of investigative reporters? 23-Aug-2014
● Interactive images are one of the easiest, most flexible and exciting ways to digitally transform a story 22-Aug-2014
● 30+ ultimate headline formulas for tweets, posts, articles, and emails 21-Aug-2014
● 'Data+Design': Free ebook released for data visualisation 20-Aug-2014
● 10 exposure tips for taking better iPhone photos 20-Aug-2014
● How to use BuzzSumo to monitor social analytics 19-Aug-2014
● 5 tips for interviewing people who have been through trauma 16-Aug-2014
● Four tips for math- and finance-phobic journalists: Subtract anxiety from business reporting 14-Aug-2014

● Tips: Responsible reporting of suicide 12-Aug-2014
● Recommendations for reporting on suicide: American Association of Suicidology and others 12-Aug-2014
● Is communications security for reporters improving? A new tool makes encrypted phone calls easy; no one
can keep information safe
12-Aug-2014
● Querying multiple data sources using import.io: Compare and contrast datasets using their software 12-Aug-2014
● How to take a better selfie 12-Aug-2014
● Encore: A tool to automate the process of monitoring web censorship 11-Aug-2014
● 44 tips for greater accuracy: How to avoid mechanical/objective errors in your newspaper 10-Aug-2014
● 7 silly hashtag mistakes no one should make 10-Aug-2014
● Can you design a universal font? Enter Google and its development of the Noto font family 8-Aug-2014
● Your five year old can learn to code with an iPad app 8-Aug-2014
● Skills, attitudes and approaches for the journalist as curator 8-Aug-2014
● 5 investigative journalism tips from New York Times’ David Barstow 8-Aug-2014
● SMToolbox: Getting the most out of Facebook and Twitter with AgoraPulse 8-Aug-2014
● StingRays: The most common surveillance tool the government won't tell you about - a guide for criminal
defence attorneys
4-Aug-2014
● The NSA can’t hear you now: How to easily encrypt calls on your iPhone 3-Aug-2014
● Four ways to be seen as a leader, even when you’re not in charge 3-Aug-2014
● Why a doctor joined the Dallas Morning News as a reporter 21-Jul-2014
● 5 tips for journalists who cover trauma 19-Jul-2014
● 5 questions to ask before publishing graphic images 19-Jul-2014
● Internal chat apps: How to save time and increase collaboration 16-Jul-2014
● Digital publishing: Five things to keep in mind when writing appealing headlines 14-Jul-2014
● Odyssey.js: New open source tool for journalists and designers to weave interactive stories 14-Jul-2014
● Journalist's toolbox: Ethics links 13-Jul-2014
● Resources for journalism ethics - Steve Buttry 13-Jul-2014

● Take an interviewing approach to find stories in data 8-Jul-2014
● Amnesty International launches video verification tool, website: YouTube Data Viewer 8-Jul-2014
● New UGC verification platform SAM is a 'CMS for tweets' 7-Jul-2014
● Every American needs ‘the critical thinking skills of a journalist,’ university says 3-Jul-2014
● Why and how freelancers should encrypt 2-Jul-2014
● Why computers won’t be replacing you just yet: A 25-question Twitter quiz to predict retweets 2-Jul-2014
● Digital tools training: A series of free Webinar tutorials - Poynter 1-Jul-2014
● Truth Goggles is a tool to enable anyone to annotate an existing piece of online content 30-Jun-2014
● In praise of the passive voice: When you want to focus on the receiver, the victim 28-Jun-2014
● Curiyo: USA Today is trying out a new content discovery tool to keep readers from leaving the site 26-Jun-2014
● I think the anonymous-sharing app Whisper can be used in some interesting ways by news organizations 25-Jun-2014
● Civic Patterns is building a common language for creating news and citizen engagement apps 25-Jun-2014
● How to do Twitter research on a shoestring: Tools 25-Jun-2014
● 20 tips for live coverage of events - Steve Buttry 24-Jun-2014
● How to read and understand a scientific paper: A step-by-step guide for non-scientists 24-Jun-2014
● Digital tools can help journalists cover complexity of climate change - Andrew Revkin 24-Jun-2014
● Access refined: Securely store your newsroom’s passwords 24-Jun-2014
● From Instapaper to newspaper: PaperLater wants to put your saved articles onto newsprint 20-Jun-2014
● L.A. Times: Don’t use words like ‘biggest’ or ‘most’ without proof 20-Jun-2014
● 5 survival tips for reporting between religious red lines 17-Jun-2014
● New skill sets for journalism - Mindy McAdams, Professor at University of Florida 16-Jun-2014
● The chat app Slack is changing how newsrooms talk amongst themselves: Death to email! 14-Jun-2014

● 5 ways newsrooms can catch up to digital-savvy competitors 13-Jun-2014
● User-centered design process and attention to newsroom culture can make or break your internal tools -
NPR
12-Jun-2014
● Some newspapers to staff: Social media isn’t optional, it’s mandatory 5-Jun-2014
● Can anonymity app Whisper become a viable news source? 5-Jun-2014
● Guidelines for interviewing victims of sexual and gender-based violence 3-Jun-2014
● How sensor reporting helps journalists find data where none exist 2-Jun-2014
● SMToolbox: Top tips on social media tools from Ian Cleary of Razor Social 2-Jun-2014
● Media feed mass killers’ desire for infamy and attention - Steve Buttry 2-Jun-2014
● How Muck Rack’s social media tool lets journalists track content sharing 1-Jun-2014
● Tips for reporting on traumatic news - Steve Buttry 1-Jun-2014
● SMToolbox: Bringing together SEO, social and content marketing data with the gShift platform 30-May-2014
● Watching the audience move: A New York Times tool is helping direct traffic from story to story 29-May-2014
● Hashtag journalism: The pros and cons to covering Twitter’s trending topics 29-May-2014
● Planning a data journalism story from start to finish 29-May-2014
● Quartz, the business-news site: Outlining software Fargo allows to expand and collapse individual points 24-May-2014
● How FB Newswire can enhance newsgathering 24-May-2014
● Interviewing beyond words: How journalists can effectively elicit answers to their questions 24-May-2014
● New publishing platform Niuzly allows writers to sell their articles to readers on for individual micropayments 23-May-2014
● Why newsrooms don’t embrace digital tools: Part infrastructure, part culture 18-May-2014
● The Pyramid of Journalism Competence: What journalists need to know 18-May-2014
● "Do-it-yourself ethics code" project can help journalists and students 12-May-2014

● The datavisualisation design process: 7 steps for beginners 12-May-2014
● TuneIn relaunches with a big focus on social to become the Twitter of radio 12-May-2014
● A new image hosting service, Izitru, will rate the authenticity of digital images 11-May-2014
● Getting started in data journalism: From idea to story 3-May-2014
● Using StoryMapJS to tell stories across geographical locations 26-Apr-2014
● Four free tools to add interactivity to your next news story 19-Apr-2014
● Coding for journalists: 10 hottest websites to teach yourself to code 19-Apr-2014
● 8 digital tools every journalist should try - Eric Newton 19-Apr-2014
● 5 typography terms you must know: Hierarchy, weight, tracking, leading, kerning 19-Apr-2014
● Five things I learned from prize-winning journalism 13-Apr-2014
● “SaferJourno" toolkit offers digital security resources for media trainers 13-Apr-2014
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