The document discusses how Jake Batsell presented at the SPJ Region 8 Conference in Fort Worth on March 24, 2012 about expanding journalism skills through curation, liveblogging, and data visualization. It introduces three free web-based tools - Storify for curating social media, CoverItLive for live blogging incorporating tweets and comments, and Google Fusion Tables for converting spreadsheets into interactive visuals. Contact information is provided for Jake Batsell to learn more.

1. Expanding Your Skills:
Become a Curator, Liveblogger&
Data Visuzalizer
SPJ Region 8 Conference – Fort Worth
March 24, 2012
Jake Batsell
Assistant Professor
Division of Journalism
@jbatsell

2. News used to be
a one-way lecture …

3. … but today,
news is a two-way
conversation.

4. News consumers expect facts, but they
also expect to have a voice in that
ongoing conversation.

5. Three Free Web-Based Tools That Can
Instantly Help You Expand Your Skills
and Engage Your Audience
•Storify
•CoverItLive
• Google Fusion Tables

6. Storify is a
social media
curation
platform that
can be
embedded into
any blog.

7. CoverItLive is a
live-blogging
platform that can
incorporate real-
time
tweets, hashtag
s and
comments.

8. Google Fusion
Tables convert
spreadsheets
into maps,
charts and
other
interactive
visual tools.

9. Thanks!
Links available at www.delicious.com/jbatsell/spjfw12
jbatsell@smu.edu
Twitter: @jbatsell