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Digital tools for journalists (Sept. 2014 update)
1. Tools for today’s and
tomorrow’s journalists
Steve Outing
Media futurist, Digital-news innovator | steveouting@gmail.com
http://mediadisruptus.com
(last updated, Sept. 18, 2014)
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This is not likely to be your life as a reporter …
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Local MoJo: Aimee Heckel, Daily Camera
http://modernloislane.blogspot.com/
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The facts of life: Journalism in 2014 and after
In your journalism career,
you will continually
be learning and using
new tools
that do not exist yet
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IMPORTANT!!! … Social media data / big data
Enter search terms to see a snapshot of related activity in the latest 500 tweets. TwXplorer will
break down the most common terms, hashtags, and links for you to filter and drill down further.
Website and free mobile apps …
Finds social-media posts near a news
event (Twitter, Instagram, Google+,
Vine, and more) …
Useful for identifying eyewitnesses,
finding news-event photos, info
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Backpacks replacing TV news satellite trucks
Backpack livestream TV units using 4G
and 3G cell service or satellite uplink
can replace far more costly TV-news
satellite trucks
LiveU uplink units self-contained in
backpack … Cost: wide range, but
$15,000 for purchase or $1,500/month
to rent are typical prices
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‘Wearable news gathering’
LA Times photojournalist uses GoPro
for time-lapse at Oscars Red Carpet
Mobile journalist Tim Pool livestreams using Google Glass
Narrative lifeblogging clip
camera: Takes photo every 30
seconds - $229
Autographer wearable
camera … GPS and other
sensors … Takes photos
on its own, continually
$399
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Smart glasses = future reporting tool
Laforge Optical Acis smart glasses: Designed to look like normal eyeglasses …
Displays notifications from your phone … Has a camera, microphone, and speaker.
You control it with a touchpad on the side … Release: late 2014 … $399
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News drones (UAVs): Poised for takeoff
Drone with GoPro:
Only for hobby use currently
(though news organizations using
them anyway)
Photojournalist recently used a drone/UAV camera to explore remains of
Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Ukraine
RESOURCES:
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Now, let’s talk software and services for journalists
“ …
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Familiar content-creation software still relevant, but…
Expensive
Time-consuming
to learn
Difficult to learn
In the past, mostly used
by newsroom experts
(Art, Photo, Video
departments)
Powerful tools!
Allow easy publishing
to web, mobile
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Trend: Software tools going from desktop to cloud
… and they’re easier to learn and use
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Prezi: Not just for presentations ... Why not news?
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Tools to create interactive images and video
Embed e-commerce/
direct-purchase
links in photos
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Curation tools and services
Automatically collects and combines your social
media posts into an embeddable content block
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Multimedia storytelling tools
Combines maps, timeline, links, photos, video, audio into embeddable multimedia presentation;
new form of interactive story that can be watched (TV-like) or explored at user’s speed
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Narrative + photos
For stories with narrative text and
great photos … Can embed
finished package on your website
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Watch for new stuff: Useful for news?
When a new tool or app appears, its journalistic applications might not be immediately apparent…
E.g., Vine app: 6-second looping
video. … How about coverage
of a fashion show? …
Or a looping animated map?
What about new
Instagram Hyperlapse app?
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