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Often after writing a story, journalists' final task before publishing and sharing a story on social media is finding the right image to accompany it.
Searching through stock photo databases or the newsroom's image archive can be a daunting process.
GIFs are easy and quick to produce and can be used in the article or when sharing on Twitter and Facebook.
This guide from Storybench's Aleszu Bajak explains how to create GIFs from videos, screencasts and pictures using a free app called PicGIF Lite, that can be used to make a visual or an explanation more interactive.
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