App of the week for journalists - Flipboard
Flipboard is a great way for searching around for following stories and digging for leads
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App of the week:
Operating systems:
iOS (iPhone or iPad)
Cost:
free
What is it and how is it of use to journalists?
Flipboard is a social magazine app that can help you follow stories and dig around for leads.
It is similar to Zite (a previous app of the week) and launched for the iPhone at the around the same time, at the end of last year.
Rather than being a case of either/or, journalists with an iPhone or iPad should download both Zite and Flipboard as they have different strengths. <img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-42491" height="365" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43103&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Flipboard1a" width="243"> <img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-42492" height="365" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43104&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Flipboard2" width="243">
Both apps ask you to add you Twitter, Facebook and Google Reader accounts, but where Zite displays fewer news stories all in one list, Flipboard offers real-time feeds and separates Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr posts.
Flipboard is a great way of following your Twitter feed, offering a more visual way of keeping up-to-date by using the app's swipe to flip motion.
Reviews:
Flipboard gets five stars in the iTunes App Store
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Written by
Sarah Marshall is VP Audience Strategy at Condé Nast. She leads distribution and channel strategy globally. She is also the former technology editor for Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
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