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Metadata\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Index of Geographical Names of Nepal<\/a><\/p>\n

Truthnest<\/a>
\nSocial Media Evalutaion Tool<\/p>\n

Data Visualization Tutorial<\/a>
\nExamples, steps and video of how to create data visualizations<\/p>\n

Tableau Free Data Visualization Tool<\/a>
\nCreate data visualizations with this free, downloadable tool.<\/p>\n

DataRemixed<\/a>
\nBlog about data visualizations by Ben Jones, an engineer in LA.<\/p>\n

Data Journalism Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

Embed Plus<\/a>
\nSoup up your YouTube video player on Chrome browsers and WordPress.<\/p>\n

The State of the News Media 2013<\/a>
\nFrom the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.<\/p>\n

Curate.us<\/a>
\nShare screen clips of pages.<\/p>\n

Twicasting<\/a>
\nLive-stream video from your mobile phone.<\/p>\n

Zeemaps<\/a>
\nCool mapping tool. Add photos, video, text, etc.<\/p>\n

OpenHeatMap<\/a>
\nTurn your spreadsheet into a heat map in seconds.<\/p>\n

Topsy<\/a>
\nGreat web and social media search.<\/p>\n

Social Media Keyboard Shortcuts<\/a>
\nGreat list of keyboard shortcuts for Twitter, Facebook, etc.<\/p>\n

Society for New Communications Research<\/a><\/p>\n

Mashable<\/a><\/p>\n

Nieman Journalism Lab<\/a>
\nA project of Harvard University.<\/p>\n

Cyberjournalist.net: Ethics and Credibility<\/a>
\nFeed of stories and blog posts on web ethics issues, etc.<\/p>\n

The PaidContent<\/a><\/p>\n

60Sites.com<\/a>
\nJeff Cutler’s site of helpful web tools.<\/p>\n

Invisible Inkling<\/a>
\nBlog from journalist Ryan Sholin.<\/p>\n

Knight Citizen News Network<\/a>
\nInteractive map of community news sites.<\/p>\n

The Journalism Iconoclast<\/a><\/p>\n

Wired Pen<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scoop<\/a><\/p>\n

Journalistopia<\/a><\/p>\n

SpeakerText<\/a>
\nTranscribes video\/audio. Costs $2 a minute. First five minutes free.<\/p>\n

Data Visualization: Growth of Newspapers Westward<\/a>
\nProject from Stanford University.<\/p>\n

Washington Post: 2012 Election Infographics and Data Visualization<\/a><\/p>\n

Center for Independent Media<\/a><\/p>\n

Web-Strategist: Social Networking Statistics, 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Old Media New Tricks<\/a>
\nRun by journalists from the Chicago Tribune and Austin American-Statesman, this site offers hands-on advice from many in media who using social networking and Web 2.0 tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. The site also offers great blogging tips.<\/p>\n

Friend or Follow<\/a>
\nA helpful database for tracking Twitter followers and to track who’s following you.<\/p>\n

Video: The Impact of Twitter on Journalism<\/a>
\nGreat video with Jeff Jarvis, Craig Kanalley and Mark Luckie.<\/p>\n

Topify<\/a>
\nReceive an email notification that someone is following you on Twitter. It includes information about that person (how many followers, updates, etc.)<\/p>\n

Gramfeed Instagram Search<\/a>
\nGreat tool. You can search by people, hashtag, location, etc.<\/p>\n

FeedsAPI<\/a>
\nFull RSS to email in real-time.<\/p>\n

Podcasting Legal Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

Blogging Basics for College Journalists<\/a>
\nFrom Mindy McAdams.<\/p>\n

Meograph<\/a>
\nBuild maps\/timelines in this mashup tool. Great way to build interactive stories.<\/p>\n

WiredJournalists<\/a><\/p>\n

NAA: Digital Edge<\/a><\/p>\n

NAA: Imagining the Future of Newspapers Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

API: Newspaper Next<\/a><\/p>\n

The Reddit Edit<\/a>
\nCreated by a freelance journalist, this site features the best of Reddit. Great place to go and find story ideas.<\/p>\n

Sync.in<\/a>
\nRealtime document conferencing that features a chat area, color-coding for users and playback.<\/p>\n

The Guardian: The Data Blog<\/a>
\nGreat examples of data viz and infographics from the UK pub that does it right.<\/p>\n

The Social Media Image Maker<\/a>
\nResize images to fit social media sites. Handy tool.<\/p>\n

Repost.us<\/a>
\nPost stories\/links here to drive traffic.<\/p>\n

NewsJack.in<\/a>
\nTool to remix news. Very cool.<\/p>\n

SPJ Training on Demand: Data Visualization<\/a>
\nInstructional videos from the Tribune’s Andy Boyle.<\/p>\n

5 Tools to Improve Images on Your Website<\/a>
\nNo Photoshop? No problem. Here are some browser-based and apps to help you edit photos.<\/p>\n

Pic Monkey<\/a>
\nBrowser-based photo editing tool.<\/p>\n

The Functional Art: Data Viz and Infographic Readings<\/a>
\nList of articles and posts about graphics and data viz from Alberto Cairo at the University of Miami.<\/p>\n

Popcorn Maker<\/a>
\nAdd interactivity, text, photos, maps and other interactive features to your video or audio slideshow.<\/p>\n

Net Magazine: Top 20 Data Visualization Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

Poynter: Why Photojournalists Use Camera Phones<\/a><\/p>\n

TechLearning: 20 Apps to Help the Digital Learning Process<\/a><\/p>\n

Infogr.am<\/a>
\nBuild and share interactive infographics.<\/p>\n

Journo2Go<\/a>
\nBlog devoted to backpack journalism.<\/p>\n

Million Cameras<\/a>
\nRebelMouse site features hundreds of crowdsourced news photographs.<\/p>\n

Mobile First News<\/a><\/p>\n

OverviewProject.org<\/a>
\nVisual document mining for journalists.<\/p>\n

Graphic: What Happens on the Internet Every 60 Seconds<\/a>
\nFrom Val Hoeppner.<\/p>\n

NBC News: Twitter Feeds of Storm Chasers<\/a>
\nBlog devoted to backpack journalism.<\/p>\n

TimeGlider<\/a>
\nBuild timelines with this online tool.<\/p>\n

Awesome Screenshot<\/a>
\nCapture any part of a page and add text, graphics. Plug-in for Firefox, Safari and Chrome.<\/p>\n

TimelineSetter<\/a>
\nTimeline building tool from Pro Publica.<\/p>\n

After the Deadline<\/a>
\nDownload this desktop tool to check grammar and style, do contextual spell check and more. It’s more advanced than Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n

Easel.ly<\/a>
\nBuild online infographics.<\/p>\n

MobiForms Developer<\/a>
\nDevelop mobile apps in HTML 5 with no programming. Download the software from this site.<\/p>\n

Embed Responsively<\/a>
\nAllows you to embed ideos from YouTube and Vimeo, Maps from Google and photos from Instagram so they are responsive on your site and will resize on any device.<\/p>\n

Dronestagram<\/a>
\nSite for sharing drone photography.<\/p>\n

Poynter: New Media Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n

The Online Timeline<\/a>
\nFrom David Carlson at the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

George Mason University: Center for History and New Media<\/a><\/p>\n

Liquid Newsroom<\/a>
\nFuture of Journalism Lab blog on mobile trends and other industry news.<\/p>\n

Spreadsheet Journalism Blog<\/a>
\nDigital journalist Abbott Katz blogs from London. His blog “helps bring you up to speed with some of Excel’s important capabilities, and points you at the story possibilities boxed inside the data.”<\/p>\n

Scoop.it<\/a>
\nCreate online magazines with this curation tool. Works like a combination of Storify and Paper.li.<\/p>\n

TinDeck.com<\/a>
\nFree .MP3 uploading, hosting and sharing. Works similar to SoundCloud.<\/p>\n

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National Geographic: How to Take Pictures with a Camera Phone<\/a><\/p>\n

EyeTracking Study: How People Look at Your Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Center for Digital Ethics & Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

22 Apps and Tools Every College Journalism Student Should Know About<\/a><\/p>\n

Mashable: Web Typography 101<\/a>
\nBreakdown of web-safe fonts.<\/p>\n

Delicious: Great SoundSlides Examples<\/a>
\nExamples from Regina McCombs at the Poynter Institute.<\/p>\n

FindtheData.org<\/a>
\nSearch nine broad categories for relevant data, stats.<\/p>\n

Topsy.com<\/a>
\nTwitter search that doesn’t suck.<\/p>\n

30 Free Data Visualization Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: A Producer’s Guide<\/a>
\nA video Twitter primer of great examples of how to incorporate social media into a broadcast. A combination of news and TV shows.<\/p>\n

Jupiter Communications<\/a>
\nJupiter Communications provides research on Internet commerce. Jupiter’s research, which is solely focused on the Internet economy, provides clients with comprehensive views of industry trends, forecasts and best practices.<\/p>\n

Society for News Design: Multimedia Toolkit<\/a>
\nA great collection of resources, many of them free, to help journalists develop great stories online. Resources include audio, video, charts, mapping, databases and more. This is a must-bookmark and a great resource for student journalists learning to develop content for the Web.<\/p>\n

Essential Visualization Tools for Mapping<\/a><\/p>\n

100 Incredible Infographic Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

BuddyPress<\/a>
\nBuild a social network into your WordPress.org site.<\/p>\n

Alex Gamela: Tips for Embedding Timelines<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Use the Timeflow Timline Builder Tool<\/a><\/p>\n

Tiki Toki Timeline Creation Tool<\/a><\/p>\n

Skitch<\/a>
\nFrom Evernote, this tool lets you edit, draw and annotate photos and screenshots. Works on desktop and as a phone app.<\/p>\n

Life and Code<\/a>
\nDozens of great code for journalists tutorials from Lisa Williams.<\/p>\n

2012 NY Times Year in Graphics<\/a>
\nGreat examples of data viz and infographics.<\/p>\n

Journerdism.com<\/a>
\nThis site is a collection of news, tools and links targeted to the online news industry. The site, which offers and RSS, is a good quick reference for industry trends. It’s run by Will Sullivan, the award-winning Interactive Director of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.<\/p>\n

Online News Association<\/a>
\nGood online newsletter with dot-com studies, more.<\/p>\n

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers<\/a><\/p>\n

RTDNA: Social Media Guidelines<\/a>
\nRadio TV Digital News Association established guidelines for using Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n

Mobile Apps Gallery<\/a>
\nGovernment-created mobile apps on hundreds of topics and services, ranging from weather to public works.<\/p>\n

MarkupWand<\/a>
\nPhotoshop to HTML\/CSS converter. Strip down Photoshop files (.psd) and convert them to embeddable HTML or CSS code.<\/p>\n

Intersect: History of News & Technology Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n

Brave News World<\/a>
\n152-page PDF on the future of news.<\/p>\n

Fuck Yeah Journalism Tools<\/a>
\nGreat collection of tools and instructional videos on this Tumblr.<\/p>\n

Fuck Yeah Journalism Tools: Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Tiki-Toki Timelines<\/a><\/p>\n

Timeline Setter<\/a>
\nTool from ProPublica.<\/p>\n

Internet Newsroom<\/a>
\nA good newsletter on how journalists should use the Web.<\/p>\n

Internet Press Guild<\/a><\/p>\n

HTML Writers Guild<\/a>
\nLinks, online courses and more.<\/p>\n

Next Level of News<\/a>
\nGreat blog about online storytelling, social media and other trends.<\/p>\n

Lanyrd<\/a>
\nA social conference directory. Think of it as an IMDB for conferences.<\/p>\n

The Guardian: The Data Blog<\/a>
\nGreat examples of data viz and infographics from the UK pub that does it right.<\/p>\n

The Functional Art: Data Viz and Infographic Readings<\/a>
\nList of articles and posts about graphics and data viz from Alberto Cairo at the University of Miami.<\/p>\n

Association of Internet Professionals<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Public Data Explorer<\/a>
\nMakes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand.<\/p>\n

Cyberjournalist.net: 12 Great Tips for Digital Startups<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven Things You Need to Know About How People Read Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Font Dragr<\/a>
\nBrowser based tool that checks for web-friendly fonts. Just drag and drop!<\/p>\n

Newsonomics<\/a>
\nSite that accompanies Ken Doctor’s book by the same title. Explores the emerging business of digital news and how it shapes what we read.<\/p>\n

ScoopIt: Top Web Sites for Journalists<\/a><\/p>\n

Topix: Journalism News<\/a><\/p>\n

SendSpace<\/a>
\nSend\/share large video files.<\/p>\n

Best Practices for Engaging Facebook Users<\/a><\/p>\n

Ifttt.com<\/a>
\nOrganize your social media and other online accounts.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Caplan’s Useful Sites<\/a>
\nApps, websites and other tools.<\/p>\n

Data Miner UK<\/a>
\nSite helps you develop ideas for data-based online journalism projects.<\/p>\n

Talking New Media Blog<\/a>
\nA daily chronicle of Internet, mobile and tablet publishing news, information and opinion.<\/p>\n

Social Media Today<\/a>
\nA daily chronicle of Internet, mobile and tablet publishing news, information and opinion.<\/p>\n

Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

Reynolds Institute: Mobile Journalism Tools Guide<\/a>
\nGreat list of resources from Will Sullivan.<\/p>\n

jPlayer: HTML 5 Audio and Video Player<\/a><\/p>\n

BamBuser<\/a>
\nVideo streaming tool.<\/p>\n

Cowbird<\/a>
\nOnline storytelling tool.<\/p>\n

Time.com: 50 Coolest Websites<\/a><\/p>\n

Ten Basic Tools to Improve Your Online Journalism<\/a><\/p>\n

Tumblr Tutorial for Journalists<\/a><\/p>\n

40 Best Blogs for College Journalists<\/a>
\nSolid list of key sites you should bookmark.<\/p>\n

Original Online Coverage of 9\/11<\/a>
\nArchives of stories, pages, screengrabs and more.<\/p>\n

Globe & Mail: Twitter History<\/a><\/p>\n

Crowdmap<\/a>
\nHelps you collect data from web, cell phones, etc., aggregate it and visualize it on a map.<\/p>\n

Useful Newsroom Social Media Tools<\/a>
\nNice list of resources from Kate Gardiner.<\/p>\n

TimeToast<\/a>
\nFree timeline creation tool. Post and share on web.<\/p>\n

W3 Web Tutorials<\/a>
\nLearn HTML, CSS, etc.<\/p>\n

Ushahidi<\/a>
\nOpen source code for interactive mapping.<\/p>\n

MyComputerIP.com<\/a>
\nAn easy way to check your network\/computer IP address.<\/p>\n

101 Ways to Improve Your Media Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Journalism Journeyman<\/a>
\nGreat blog full of industry tips and resources.<\/p>\n

25 Essential iPad Apps for Journalists<\/a><\/p>\n

CNN: Newsroom Exposed<\/a>
\nA look at the extensive process of getting a story from the newsroom to the Web.<\/p>\n

J-Log\u00a0<\/a>
\nA great weblog that covers current journalism topics.<\/p>\n

TinyURL.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Tr.im<\/a>
\nShortens URLs and provides diagnostics\/stats on hits.<\/p>\n

House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet<\/a><\/p>\n

ClickZ: Seven Qualities of Good Online Writing<\/a><\/p>\n

Time Magazine: 50 Best Web Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

HotSpotList.com<\/a>
\nSearch this database by city or state in the U.S., or several other countries for places where you can connect to the Internet without plugging your laptop into the wall. Includes airports, restaurants, etc.<\/p>\n

NPR: As a Matter of Fact Blog<\/a>
\nBlog from the news librarians at National Public Radio.<\/p>\n

Center for Media Innovation and Research<\/a>
\nUniversity of Florida innovation.<\/p>\n

First Monday<\/a>
\nA peer-reviewed Internet Journal, looks at various studies and results that have recently been done on the topic of journalism and the Internet.<\/p>\n

Media Visions<\/a>
\nGreat research with a strong section on critical-thinking skills.<\/p>\n

SpinSpotter<\/a>
\nAn interesting piece of software tool that claims to expose news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support. Uses algorithms to spot spin keywords on sites you surf .<\/p>\n

Knight Citizen News Network<\/a>
\nResources for citizen media.<\/p>\n

Center for Citizen Media\u00a0<\/a>
\nMore resources for citizen media.<\/p>\n

Press Think<\/a>
\nBlog from NYU’s Jay Rosen on new media and other timely topics.<\/p>\n

The Digital Journalist<\/a><\/p>\n

TownNews.com<\/a>
\nHelps more than 600 newspapers — dailies and weeklies in 48 states publish on the World Wide Web. Operated by International Newspaper Network, which was founded in 1989 to help community newspapers deal with new technology, the site offers tips, stories and a newsletter on tech trends.<\/p>\n

Center for Digital Democracy<\/a><\/p>\n

Mindy McAdams: Citizen Journalism Workshop Links<\/a>
\nResources galore, including multimedia primers for video, audio slideshows, etc.<\/p>\n

NICAR<\/a>
\nNational Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting<\/p>\n

Journalistics: 91 Blogs Journalists Will Love<\/a><\/p>\n

IRE<\/a>
\nInvestigative Reporters and Editors site offers many free and charged resources.<\/p>\n

Hacks\/Hackers Help Page<\/a>
\nTips and tricks for spreadsheets, databases and other online apps questions.<\/p>\n

Tips for Journalists Who Want to Code<\/a><\/p>\n

Mapperz Mapping News<\/a>
\nA blog about mapping.<\/p>\n

URL Appraisal<\/a>
\nFind out how much your web address is worth.<\/p>\n

Ben Franklin Project: Web Tools<\/a>
\nA great list of free online storytelling and multimedia tools.<\/p>\n

Power Reporting<\/a>
\nList of syllabi and tools from CAR courses across the nation<\/p>\n

Poynter.org’s New Media Bibliography<\/a>
\nTrends, ethics, design, resources galore.<\/p>\n

Top 10 Crimes of Online Writing<\/a><\/p>\n

The Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a>
\nEFF works to protect free expression and access to information online.<\/p>\n

Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies\u00a0<\/a>
\nA not-for-profit organziation whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture.<\/p>\n

CJR: News Frontier Database<\/a><\/p>\n

Center for Digital Storytelling<\/a><\/p>\n

Cyberjournalist: Newsroom Convergence Headlines<\/a>
\nStories on what’s happening with digital\/print\/broadcast news.<\/p>\n

Flowing Data: 37 Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About<\/a><\/p>\n

PC Magazine: 10 Ways Not To Be a Jerk Online<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wayback Machine<\/a>
\nA new version of Archive.org that searches screengrabs of old website designs.<\/p>\n

Computer Newspaper Editors<\/a>
\nA directory of hundreds of online news editors.<\/p>\n

Journalismnet.com<\/a>
\nTutorials, links, story tips, government links. Great site!<\/p>\n

Rapportive<\/a>
\nBuild rich contact profiles inside your Gmail.<\/p>\n

Infogr.am<\/a>
\nBuild infographics in this free, easy-to-use browser-based tool.<\/p>\n

Tweetblocker<\/a>
\nTwitter spam filter.<\/p>\n

WebSiteGrader<\/a>
\nEvaluates your site based on SEO, design-friendliness, etc.<\/p>\n

Hubspot<\/a>
\nEvaluates your Web site’s SEO, design, etc.<\/p>\n

Imbedding Almost Anything on Your Web Page<\/a><\/p>\n

LetsGoDigital<\/a>
\nOnline magazine about digital imaging published in three editions (English, Spanish and Dutch).<\/p>\n

Media Web Directory<\/a>
\nA great collection of links to media-related sites.<\/p>\n

100 of the Best Authors on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Flowing Data: The Best Data Visualization Projects of 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

ONA: Best Audio Slideshows 2011<\/a>
\nUser picks. Great examples for newsrooms, classrooms.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas News Now 8: Desert Underwater<\/a>
\nMultimedia look at foreclosures in Vegas.<\/p>\n

Ragan: 14 Apps That Will Jumpstart Your Writing<\/a><\/p>\n

Graphic Novel Reporter<\/a>
\nNews, reviews, blog and more.<\/p>\n

CyberAtlas.Internet.com<\/a>
\nInternet statistics and marketing information.<\/p>\n

ONA: Interactive Narratives<\/a>
\nFrom the Online News Association, this site highlights great online media packages.<\/p>\n

Mastering Multimedia<\/a>
\nA blog about photojournalism and online journalism.<\/p>\n

MultimediaShooter.com<\/a>
\nA photojournalism site that offers tips, news and commentary about digital storytelling.<\/p>\n

KobreGuide.com<\/a>
\nGuide to the best in multimedia and video journalism.<\/p>\n

Digital Journalist’s Legal Guide<\/a>
\nFrom the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.<\/p>\n

Future Journalism Project<\/a>
\nBlog about the industry, tech equipment, issues in online journalism, etc.<\/p>\n

ConsumerWebWatch.org<\/a>
\nIt’s mission is to “investigate, inform and improve the credibility of information published on the World Wide Web.”<\/p>\n

Poynter.org: New Media Timeline<\/a>
\nBackground from the 1960s to the 1990s.<\/p>\n

The Digital Publisher<\/a>
\nA new column on online publishing.<\/p>\n

WebArchivist.org<\/a>
\nSite is indexing Sept. 11 content.<\/p>\n

Yahoo! Picks: News Media Best of the Web<\/a>
\nThe 21 top media sites, according to Yahoo!<\/p>\n

Purdue University Web 2.0 Tools<\/a>
\nGreat categorized list of interactive Web tools.<\/p>\n

The Internet Blueprint<\/a>
\nDeveloping legislative bills to build a better Internet.<\/p>\n

JForum<\/a>
\nSite closed May 2001 but still has content up.<\/p>\n

Forbes.com: Best of the Web<\/a>
\nTracks trends in many e-industries and includes lists of links.<\/p>\n

Google Zeitgeist<\/a>
\nAn archive of what people are searching for online.<\/p>\n

AltaVista Search Trends<\/a><\/p>\n

SEO for Journalists Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Multimedia Evangelist Blog<\/a>
\nGreat tips on products, tools and gadgets.<\/p>\n

Multimedia Standards<\/a><\/p>\n

Yahoo! List of Most Viewed News Content (U.S.)<\/a><\/p>\n

National Education Technology Writers Association<\/a><\/p>\n

Radio and Internet Newsletter<\/a>
\nA great site developed by Kurt Hanson.<\/p>\n

Media Survey<\/a>
\nTracks Web site performance. A good newsletter that offers “expert tech media analysis.”<\/p>\n

Netratings.com<\/a>
\nLike the Nielsen TV ratings, this site offers traffic information for the top Web sites.<\/p>\n

the lowercase world of sreenath sreenivasan<\/a>
\nassociate professor of professional practice administrator, online journalism awards co-founder, south asian journalists association.<\/p>\n

Small Business Websites That Work<\/a>
\nThis is the companion site to my book of the same name and includes lots of helpful background material for writers researching how company Web sites can be made effective. There are a couple of full chapters available for download (including an internet backgrounder called “Getting to Know the Internet”) and lots of links for businessmen and researchers.<\/p>\n

Web-Strategist<\/a><\/p>\n

Top Documentary Films<\/a>
\nWatch online documentaries for free.<\/p>\n

The Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet<\/a><\/p>\n

Wall Street Journal All Things Digital<\/a><\/p>\n

BuzzMachine<\/a>
\nTech blog from journalist Jeff Jarvis.<\/p>\n

ClickZ Internet Statistics and Demographics<\/a><\/p>\n

The Estlow Center<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew Holovaty<\/a>
\nSite of innovative Chicago web developer Andrew Holovaty, who developed Django, etc.<\/p>\n

History of Computing Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Hobbes’ Internet Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n

IfraNewsplex<\/a><\/p>\n

Institute for New Media Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

University of Texas: International Symposium on Online Journalism<\/a>
\nVideo, papers, transcripts fromm pasty symposiums.<\/p>\n

FCC: The Internet: A Short History of Getting Connected<\/a><\/p>\n

University of Maryland J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism<\/a><\/p>\n

Flot<\/a>
\nGoogle program helps turn numbers into visual stories.<\/p>\n

Journal of New Communications Research<\/a><\/p>\n

Electronic Frontier Foundaton: Legal Guide for Bloggers<\/a><\/p>\n

Podcasting Legal Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

APME: “Local Readers and the Newsroom: The Online Credibility Gap”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lost Remote<\/a><\/p>\n

PBS: MediaShift<\/a>
\nFrom PBS’ Mark Glaser.<\/p>\n

Library of Congress; National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program<\/a><\/p>\n

Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society<\/a><\/p>\n

WWW-VL: Internet History<\/a><\/p>\n

Editing for the Web<\/a>
\nCovers design and editing tips, as well as training for web editors and offers pointers on how to make web products work.<\/p>\n

10000Words.net: Where Journalism and Technology Meet<\/a>
\nA blog on technology and multimedia storytelling, written by Mark S. Luckie, a print journalist who studied multimedia journalism at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. He has produced multimedia and interactive projects for Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and Contra Costa Times (Ca.).<\/p>\n

Web Page Design for Designers<\/a>
\nThis site is helps graphic designers make the transition from print to the web.<\/p>\n

Knight Digital Media Center Tutorials<\/a>
\nGreat training tips, ranging from video software to data visualization.<\/p>\n

Web Review<\/a>
\nTargeted to designers, this site covers various aspects of developing a web site, developing a database, news and Web tools and include columns about creating a site.<\/p>\n

BBC: How Big Really? Dimensions<\/a>
\nGives spatial context for events by presenting them against the background of a place (city or ZIP code) whose dimensions a reader understands. Very similar to IfItWereMyHome.com during the BP Gulf oil spill.<\/p>\n

Stanford: Journalism in the Age of Data<\/a>
\nA great video tutorial on how to use data visualization online as a journalist.<\/p>\n

JournoGraphica<\/a><\/p>\n

Video: History of the Internet<\/a><\/p>\n

New Media and Technology Law Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Backpack Journalism Blog<\/a>
\nFrom Bill Gentile.<\/p>\n

Mediactive<\/a>
\nBlog on media industry trends from Dan Gillmor.<\/p>\n

Steve Yelvington’s Media Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Video Journalism<\/a>
\nCyndy Green’s blog on thinking visually.<\/p>\n

Mashable: How Social Media Is Changing the Business of TV<\/a><\/p>\n

Poynter: How to Assess the Quality of a Web Site<\/a>
\nA great video tutorial on how to use data visualization online as a journalist.<\/p>\n

SocMap.com<\/a>
\nLocation-based data mapping tool. Free on the Web.<\/p>\n

Error Level Analysis<\/a>
\nEnter the web address of an online photo and this free site analyzes how much Photoshop work has been done to the photo.<\/p>\n

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication<\/a><\/p>\n

Scribd.com<\/a>
\nA site that invites journalists to publish their work and reach new audiences.<\/p>\n

Dot Mobi<\/a>
\nTest your Web site’s content to see how it would appear on a mobile browser.<\/p>\n

Knight Digital Media Center: Connecting with Communities of Difference<\/a><\/p>\n

The Future of News<\/a>
\nA blog by University of North Carolina professor Ryan Thornburg.<\/p>\n

Citizen Media Law Project Legal Guide<\/a>
\nSearch by keyword or state-by-state map.<\/p>\n

Knight Digital Media Center Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal Web Managers Council<\/a>
\nOffers guidelines to managing U.S. government Web sites. Helpful for following trends on how agencies are communicating with people and the media.<\/p>\n

TrendsMap.com<\/a>
\nA great visual mashup that allows you to pinpoint Twitter topics trending across the country.<\/p>\n

Twitter Chat Etiquette<\/a>
\nGreat list of tips from Jennifer Hellum.<\/p>\n

What the Hashtag?<\/a>
\nLook up what various hashtags mean in this database. Great for finding Twitter chats.<\/p>\n

Video: Tutorial on How to Use BatchGeo with Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Global Online Survey: Who Blogs Online?<\/a>
\nResearch from the Knight Digital Media Center, April 2010.<\/p>\n

TwitterFall.com<\/a>
\nTrack trends on a specific topic or newsmaker.<\/p>\n

Monitter<\/a>
\nGreat for tracking trends on a specific topic or newsmaker.<\/p>\n

Datamasher.org<\/a>
\nCharts government stats and other data.<\/p>\n

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ThisWeKnow.org<\/a><\/p>\n

GovPulse.us<\/a><\/p>\n

Data.gov<\/a>
\nA government data mashup that is an initiative of the Obama administration.<\/p>\n

Spot.Us<\/a>
\nWarning: There may ethical concerns with content produced on this site! This community funded journalism site is a nonprofit project of the Center for Media Change. The public can commission journalists to do investigations on important and perhaps overlooked stories. All donations are tax deductible and if a news organization buys exclusive rights to the content, your donation will be reimbursed.<\/p>\n

Storify and Social Media Curation Skills<\/a>
\nGreat tips and examples from the Knight Digital Media Center.<\/p>\n

Five Rules for Journalists Using Storify<\/a>
\nFrom Staci Baird from San Francisco State University.<\/p>\n

Cyberjournalist: Half of Americans Watch Video Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Cyberjournalist: Innovative Journalism on Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n

Emphas.is<\/a>
\nCrowdsourced funding for photojournalism projects, similar to Spot.us.<\/p>\n

Play the News<\/a>
\nThis interactive game helps readers understand current events and news. It’s created by a company called Impact Games.<\/p>\n

Journalism Research Social Network<\/a>
\nVideos, blogs, discussion and other networking tools to cover what areas of online journalism you’re researching. Site is founded by Paul Bradshaw from Great Britain.<\/p>\n

Information Valet Project<\/a>
\nFrom the Reynolds Institute at the University of Missouri, the Information Valet Project is organizing an information-industry collaborative to build, own and operate a shared-user network layered upon the basic Internet.<\/p>\n

MediaJobPod.org<\/a>
\nA job\/internship site tailored to college students looking for multimedia jobs. Watch imbedded videos from professionals on how to find jobs, interview, write cover letters, etc. If you are interested in Web reporting\/production or TV production, take advantage of the advice on this site.<\/p>\n

SnappyTV<\/a>
\nHow to pull live TV clips off the web and share in social media and embed in Storify.<\/p>\n

KeepVid.com<\/a>
\nDownload streaming video from YouTube and other sites to edit and use in your video.<\/p>\n

SearchEngineLand: What is SEO?<\/a>
\nVideo explains what search engine optimization is and how it works.<\/p>\n

History of Communication<\/a>
\nIncludes mentions of web, social media near the end.<\/p>\n

30-Plus Free Multimedia Editing Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

Aviary Myna Audio Editor<\/a>
\nA great substitution for Audacity and Garage Band.<\/p>\n

Directory of All Congressional Twitter Handles<\/a><\/p>\n

Sepiatown: Mapped Historical Photos, Film and Audio<\/a>
\nUpload historical images by location. Then\/now tool compares Google Streetview images along with images from the past.<\/p>\n

LucidChart<\/a>
\nBuild imbedded flow charts for free.<\/p>\n

Gephi<\/a>
\nOpen source graph visualization tool.<\/p>\n

Free Multimedia Tools<\/b><\/p>\n

Newseum Digital Classroom Videos<\/a>
\nFrom ethics to apps, these short videos give you the basics of journalism.<\/p>\n

Wavosaur<\/a>
\nOnly works on windows. Has some great features: cross-fade loops, vocal removal, batch processing, etc.<\/p>\n

Ardour<\/a>
\nOnly designed for Mac and Linux, this “digital audio workstation” can record, mix, and edit audio cost-free.<\/p>\n

WavePad<\/a>
\nFree only for Macs, this full-featured audio editor is compatible with the full range of audio and music file formats.<\/p>\n

Animoto<\/a>
\nGood for building free audio slideshows.<\/p>\n

PhotoPeach<\/a>
\nAnother good tool for building free audio slideshows.<\/p>\n

Below the Fold<\/a>
\nBlog by Gary Goldhammer, a PR\/marketing person and former journalist. News commentary, offbeat stories.<\/p>\n

Greg Palast Journalism and Film Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

PJNet: Public Journalism Network<\/a><\/p>\n

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