Image via CrunchBase, source unknown As part of the iJournalism class I teach at the UBC j-school, I hold a session on online tools for journalists.
What is striking is how much these tools have developed in the past year.
Some fall by the wayside and new ones spring up, such as sites that mine social network sites for personal information.
After the jump is the list I have prepared for this year:
RSS software
• NetNewsWire (Mac)
• NewsFire (Mac)
• FeedDemon (Windows)
• FeedReader (Windows)
Online RSS feed readers
• Google Reader
• Bloglines
Personalized news pages
• MyYahoo
• iGoogle
• Netvibes
• PageFlakes
Blog aggregators:
• Technorati
• Icerocket
• BlogPulse
Micro-blogging:
• Twitter
• Twitter Search
• Tweet Scan
News alerts:
• Google Alerts
• Yahoo Alerts
Web 2.0 tools
• Documents:
- Google Docs
- Zoho
• Photos:
- Flickr
• Social bookmarking:
- Delicious
• Organization
- Backpack
• Bypass registration:
– Bugmenot
• Free online storage:
- Windows Live SkyDrive
- Box
- Wuala
• People search:
- Pipl
- Wink
- ZoomInfo
- YoName
This list is far from exhaustive as it is aimed as an introduction to web tools for journalists. If you have more to add, please leave a comment.
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Thanks Paul. I’ve found the list just keep growing and growing.
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Thanks for your reply.
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Thanks for the suggestion Tom. Unfortunately I am on a Mac so can’t try it out. Are you working on a Mac version of NomaDesk?
Another one, recommended by journalism.co.uk, is Skimbit (skimbit.com) – like Delicious but more visual, and allows you to categorise and compare your findings in a number of ways.
Too bad NomaDesk is not on this list: NomaDesk allows you to share, synchronize and backup files – a bit like box.net, but the big advantage for journalists is that you can also access and edit your documents when there is no internet connection available.
You can download it at http://www.nomadesk.com
Feel free to send me your remarks / comments
Tom Dupon
Online marketing manager NomaDesk
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“If you have more to add, please leave a comment.”
Yes, I have more; http://www.injournalist.com