App of the week for Journalists - Klip, a great new iPhone app for video sharing
A handy free app for any journalist who records video footage from an iPhone or iPad
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App of the week:
Operating systems:
Apple - Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
Cost:
Free
What is it and how is it of use to journalists?
Klip launched last week (20 September) as a video sharing app for iPhone. There are plenty of video apps out there but this stands out for several reasons. Not only does it offer a great user experience, with fast video streaming, pleasing swipes and a phone shake action that fast-forwards through videos, it has features that are really handy for any journalist who shoots footage from an iPhone.
You can record footage directly from Klip or add a video that you have recorded using another app, then trim the video and share to Twitter, Facebook, by email or upload to YouTube. For journalists who want a quick way of trimming and uploading to YouTube, which can be embedded in a blog or news story, this is really valuable. <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-39770" height="390" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43072&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Klip trimming" width="260"> <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-39771" height="390" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43073&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Klip" width="260">
You have the option to geolocate the video, add hashtags and self-shoot as you can flip the camera without moving the phone and record footage of yourself.
Another useful feature is the fact that an emailed clip appears within a player in the recipient's email. This could be a useful way of alerting the newsdesk and giving them a preview of your footage.
Reviews:
iTunes has not yet received enough ratings to provide the average.
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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)
