It’s quite possible to find something useful and free online every day. Here are a few sites that might come in handy when you’re looking to send off big files, you need audio or images that won’t get you in copyright…
More free Web tools
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Ten free and legal Web tools for journalists
Adam Westbrook recently wrote about his favorite freebie programs and the list is worth a look. Among his Top 10, are three of my own faves. 1. MPEG Streamclip What it does: Put simply, MPEG Streamclip is a video transcoder and compressor.…
Collaboration tools for journalists
One possible consequence of staff cuts in newsrooms is more collaboration between and among journalists. While it’s always been possible for people in the same news organization to work on a story on a shared computer system, it’s not so…
Investigating government and non-profits with FOI tools
If you’re looking for some good enterprise stories for the New Year, try digging through some open records. Joel Campbell is a member of SPJ’s Freedom of Information Committee and he’s put together a good list of story ideas and…
Tools for online journalists
Every time you turn around, it seems, there are more free tools journalists can use to enhance their work online. San Jose State grad student Ryan Sholin has posted a useful list of tools for producing polls, maps, audio, video…
Web news tools
You know about Twitter. You’re already LinkedIn. But do you “Summize?” Tom Cheredar of NewAssignment.net thinks you should. Summize–a search engine that collects Twitter updates–is tops on his list of “silly Web applications” that belong in a journalist’s tool…
Online = big picture + small detail
Here’s an update on some of the online innovation we’ve seen coming out of the CA fire coverage. Mark Glaser’s MediaShift blog, which is hosted by PBS, has pulled together an online guide for people tracking fire coverage. We’d like to…