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7 Social Media Tools for Journalists
Sree Sreenivasan is dean of student affairs at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, a social networking whiz, and an all-around cool guy. He recently stopped by The Boston Globe to talk to reporters...
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Free chart creation with Chartle.net
Creating and publishing interactive charts no longer requires expensive software. Forget about building simple line graphs. Using Chartle.net you can create any number of visual charts to display your...
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Hyperlocal Journalism: Inside the Patch
UPDATED (Sept. 13): A Patch recruiter will be attending UPDATED (Sept. 8): Patch panel announced: Sherry Skalko, Holly Edgell, George Slefo UPDATED (Sept. 3): Panel moderator announced: Fernando Diaz...
View ArticleKeep learning with Scribd
As the 2009-2010 SPJs’ Digital Media Committee year comes to a close we are hard at work putting together Part II of The SPJ Digital Media Handbook. Many of our loyal readers have written in asking...
View ArticleSPJ’s Digital Media Handbook, Part 2, is here
You’ve been waiting, and here it is! It’s the SPJ Digital Media Handbook, Part 2. Check it out and find more digital media tools that you can use to make your journalism stronger and better. No more...
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Getting started with quick, easy data visualizations
Charts, fever lines, maps and diagrams: They aren’t just for the Graphics Department anymore. There once was a time when reporters dealt with words and someone else dealt with the numbers and the...
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Making Maps with UMapper
Want to build a nice-looking interactive map, in a matter of minutes? Then check out UMapper. UMapper is a flashy map-making application that’s easy on the eyes and very easy to use. You can even...
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Digital Media Tools: One click away
As we near the SPJ convention in New Orleans; it’s a good time to remind you of all the digital media tools we have written about in the past year. Just in case you’ve missed some of our past...
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Get familiar with Google Maps Engine Lite
If you haven’t tried it yet, try it now: Google’s Maps Engine Lite. The stripped-down version of Google’s corporate-level Maps Engine, Lite, still in beta, lets you get geospatial without cost or...
View ArticleTwitter Beyond the Tweet
It is hard to come by a story that isn’t somehow influenced by Twitter, supported by Twitter or started on Twitter. But Twitter is vast — there are more tweets being tweeted than one journalist can...
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