Here is a list of essential online tools for journalists that I’ve handed out to my multiplatform journalism students at the University of British Columbia:
RSS software
Macs:
- NetNewsWire (Free and paid for version, US$29.95, available)
- Shrook (free)
Windows:
- FeedDemon (Paid for US$29.95)
- FeedReader (Free)
- Sharpreader (Free)
Online RSS feed readers
Personalized news pages
Blog aggregators:
News alerts:
Webpage archiving:
Web 2.0 tools:
- Docs: Google Docs
- Office apps: Zoho
- Photos: Flickr
- Social bookmarking:Delicious
- Organization: Backpack
- Bypass registration: Bugmenot
- Online storage: Omnidrive (free)
- Online storage: Streamload (free)
Journalism resources:
Any other suggestions? Please leave a comment.
-Audacity and Skype to do and record online voice interviews
-Viddler, YouTube or BrightCove to quickly publish videos online
-Twitter to monitor news and post updates
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Great list. This topic seems to be getting some steam lately. It was all the rage the past couple of days on two online journalism listservs. I compiled a list of some of the apps they use at http://www.newmediabytes.com/2007/10/10/top-tools-and-applications-online-journalists-use-to-get-the-job-done/, but I didn’t include some of the apps that you mentioned.
One thing I’m wondering, what do you think is better, online or desktop feed readers?
Hello, my (Click) Media blog is dedicated to web 2.0 tools for journalists.
There, you can find some interesting tools for journalism research, but also for anyone interested in acquiring information.
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