Dozens of latest and greatest (and free) Digital tools for your Reporting toolkits. Hands on training focused on the newest available data viz methods, mapping tools, mobile newsgathering apps and more.

1. 58
50
DIGITAL TOOLS
MINUTES!

2. SOCIAL MEDIA

3. WHAT IS IT: News With Friends
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Access stories from
outside your filter bubble

4. WHAT IS IT: IntoLive
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Share live photos on social
media so that when audiences tap on
them, they reveal moving images
underneath. Tease the next story!

5. WHAT IS IT: Tweeten
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Social media
dashboard

6. WHAT IS IT: TweetBeaver
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Deep dive
Twitter research

7. WHAT IS IT: Twitter Audit
PLATFORM:
COST: Freemium
USE CASE: Twitter research

8. WHAT IS IT: Botometer
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Twitter bot
verification

9. OTHER GEMS: SOCIAL MEDIA
Nuzzel (socially curated news)
Mastodon (decentralized social net)
Ground.News (verified news discovery)
Socialoomph (schedule tweets, more)
Giphy (top notch gif tool)
Trends24 (deep dive on Twitter trends)
Planoly (auto post to Instagram)
Authory (robust social toolkit)

10. PRODUCTIVITY

11. WHAT IS IT: Shortcut
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Shorten URLs,
Deadline reminders, zip email files,
Create your own gifs and memes

12. WHAT IS IT: ImageBlur.io
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Protecting
sensitive info

13. WHAT IS IT: Grammarly
PLATFORM:
COST: Freemium
USE CASE: Your new + best writing
partner!

14. WHAT IS IT: Hunter.io
PLATFORM:
COST: Freemium
USE CASE: Find email addresses
for hard-to-track people

15. WHAT IS IT: InterviewJS
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Turn interviews into
interactive chats

16. WHAT IS IT: Just Not Sorry
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: building
awareness for how we
qualify our message and
diminish our voice

17. WHAT IS IT: DataProofer
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Automate
processes of checking
datasets for errors or
potential mistakes

18. OTHER GEMS: PRODUCTIVITY
Screenie (screenshot organizer)
Highly (highlight anything online)
Mindful (To-do list tab for every browser)
Toby (tame your browser tabs)
Do! (my favorite To-Do iOS app)
IFTTT (app integration tool)
Trello (project management)
Typorama (typography generator)

19. MULTIMEDIA

20. WHAT IS IT: Steller
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Multimedia storytelling
with/for mobile audiences

21. WHAT IS IT: Cutstory
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Perfect for IG Stories

22. WHAT IS IT: Unfold
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Multimedia storytelling

23. WHAT IS IT: Darkroom
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Powerful photo edit app

24. OTHER GEMS: MULTIMEDIA
Shorthand (media-rich interactives)
Videolicious (simple video editing)
ThingLink (make your stories come alive)
Flyr (edit social vid for IG and Snap)

25. SOCIAL VIDEO

26. WHAT IS IT: Apple Clips
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Automated closed caption

27. WHAT IS IT: Momento
PLATFORM:
COST: Free
USE CASE: Produce gifs automagically

28. OTHER GEMS: SOCIAL VIDEO
Quick (video edit platform from GoPro)
Hyperlapse (make timelapse videos, from Instagram)
Filmic Pro (professional film camera app for iOS and Android)
Magisto (smart video editor)

29. ANALYTICS

30. WHAT IS IT: Crowdfire
PLATFORM:
COST: Freemium
USE CASE: Social mobile analytics

31. OTHER GEMS: SOCIAL MEDIA
Google Analytics
CrowdTangle (monitor and maximize your social content)
Instrack (mobile Instagram analytics tool)

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