Top journalism tips

#Tip: Three handy Twitter tools

Understanding the difference between Twitter share count buttons and RTs.

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 20 May 2013

#Tip: Become a better smartphone photographer

'Never use the mobile zoom' and other advice on taking pictures with a mobile phone

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 15 May 2013

#Tip: Become a Google Analytics Real-Time addict

Google Analytics Real-Time tells you how many people are reading your site right now and you can see the spread of those accessing via desktop, tablet and mobile

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 14 May 2013

#Tip: Watch video of social video panel from Social Media Summit

Video of expert panel discussing social video

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 10 May 2013

#Tip: Video of data visualisation tools tutorial at #ijf13

A video of a data journalism tools workshop held at the recent International Journalism Festival

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 8 May 2013

#Tip: Sign up to Journalism.co.uk's weekly podcasts

Listen to Journalism.co.uk's weekly podcast looking at topical issues in journalism

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 7 May 2013

#Tip: Use YouTube Time to quickly link to a specific point in a video

A free tool to help you create a deeplink for YouTube videos

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 25 April 2013

#Tip: Take a look at this flow-chart guide to Leveson

Two flow-charts to help you understand regulation following Leveson

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 24 April 2013

#Tip: Know where the video mic is on your iPhone

The iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5 have separate microphones for recording sound on video

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22 April 2013

#Tip: Videonotes can streamline online research

Videonotes helps you write notes for online videos

Posted by Alastair Reid on 18 April 2013

#Tip: Social media mistakes journalists make in a crisis

Advice for journalists using social media during crises

Posted by Alastair Reid on 16 April 2013

#Tip: Funding advice for journalism start-ups

Tips for securing funding for a new journalism business

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 11 April 2013

#Tip: Some useful Chrome extensions for reporters

Chrome extensions for journalists

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 9 April 2013

#Tip: Tools for creating visualisations of data

A list of tools for visualising data

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 8 April 2013

#Tip: Pointers on reporting local elections

Tools and tips on how to report on local elections including mapping, manifestos and media law

Posted by Alastair Reid on 5 April 2013

#Tip: Learn from this post on verifying pope story

Tips and tools on verifying stories

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 4 April 2013

#Tip: Avoiding common mistakes in science reporting

Poynter's Peter Ingliski details 10 of points to be aware of when reporting on science stories

Posted by Alastair Reid on 3 April 2013

#Tip: Read this post on searching social media

Tips on searching Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Google

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 2 April 2013

#Tip: Check out Source for data journalism inspiration

Source Learning gives examples of data projects and considerations around them

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 28 March 2013

#Tip: Facebook to introduce comment replies and more

Facebook this week announced it would be introducing new features for comments which will, according to a post by journalism programme manager Vadim Lavrusik, enable journalists to “reply directly to comments left on your Page content and start conversation threads”. Lavrusik says discussions will also be “re-ordered by relevance to viewers” and those considered the most [...]

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 27 March 2013

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