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Easy tool allows journalists to display work online

Feb 21, 2012 - Posted by Belinda Alzner

Cuttings.me is a free tool that allows journalists to display their clippings online.

A helpful list of web tools for journalists

Feb 17, 2012 - Posted by Belinda Alzner

Check out this list of helpful web tools for journalists and tutorials on how to use the most popular social networking tools for news -- including Pinterest.

A journalist’s guide to reporting on indigenous cultures

Nov 30, 2011 - Posted by Belinda Alzner

Duncan McCue, a UBC journalism professor and reporter for CBC’s The National has launched a website to help journalists report about Aboriginal communities. Belinda Alzner spoke with McCue about why he created the website, some challenges journalists face, and how the resource can help journalists and editors work together to overcome them. And with Attawapiskat making headlines, the guide is as timely as it is useful.

10 tips for photojournalist portfolios

Mar 23, 2011 - Posted by Dana Lacey

Photojournalist Peter Power offers 10 helpful portfolio-building tips for aspiring photojournalists.

Tips for creating web videos

Oct 07, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey

CNW offers four tips on making your online video stand out...

Audioboo: iPhone app billed as Twitter for audio

Jul 08, 2009 - Posted by Regan Ray

If you're looking to get audio online from an iPhone, TechCrunch noted recently that Audioboo is "about to become a huge blogger and journalist tool."

TechCrunch's Mike Butcher explained:

"AudioBoo is an iPhone app which has gradually been making bigger and bigger waves and is about to get a whole lot more interesting. The essential point is that you can record and upload audio from the iPhone straight to the Web, and also Tweet out the link to the audio. In fact it bills itself as Twitter for audio. A player appears on your Audioboo profile straight away and is embeddable in a blog. Admittedly that sounds less exciting than live streaming video from something like Qik, but since only a privileged handful have this app, which remains unapproved by the App store, Audioboo is the next best thing if you want to do an interview or record audio fast. The attached social network also has a ‘follow’ model, much like Twitter.

"Speech-based Audioboos can now be automatically converted to text across Audioboo’s applications - including iPhone podcasting and Tweets."

New project tracks reports released by government

Jun 25, 2009 - Posted by Regan Ray

An online project for journalists that tracks and links to government and NGO reports in Canada, which launched in April, now has more than 170 entries...

J-Source on the web

Aug 28, 2008 - Posted by Heather McCall

J-Source is networked to the 2.0 world. Find out where and how you can take advantage of these additional resources.

Wired Journalists

Mar 04, 2008 - Posted by Heather McCall

The tagline of this Ning community site is "You're a journalist who wants to build your skills, serve your community, and advance your career. We're here to help." Started by Ryan Sholin under the watchful gaze of Howard Owens and Zac Echola in early 2008, the site aims to help journalists learn from each other about how new technology and new societal expectations are changing journalism, and how they're managing the change.

Ask the NYT editors

Nov 29, 2007 - Posted by Heather McCall

In an ongoing series at NYTimes.com, various editors have answered reader questions about their work. The replies are geared towards news consumers, but the editors often discuss the various processes behind the decisions they make -- interesting and relevant to any editor with the same title at another outlet. The link takes you to the list of Q&As, organized by order of appearance in the paper. You'll need to be an NYTimes.com subscriber to read the Q&As, but the subscription is free.