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The Journalism Accelerator resource section features what other news producers have used, applications to up productivity across distribution, technology, revenue, craft, community, experiments, education and policy. We’re also collecting (and welcoming your recommended) resource listings from other industries that may help publishers gain efficiency.
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Resource Listings
Thursday, March 12
Tweets for Keeps: February 2020
Tools to manage your freelancing career, tips for making hard facts easy to read, making journalism “memberful,” a report about the importance of LatinX communities, resources for covering the climate crisis Tools & Tactics Tips & Techniques Innovation & Experiments Reports & Articles People & Collaboration
Sunday, January 12
Tweets for Keeps: December 2019
A Twitter sorting tool, transparency tips, an AI institute for helping vets, how to practice “right speech,” and keeping track of protests and riots Tools & Tactics Tips & Techniques Innovation & Experiments Reports & Articles People & Collaboration
Sunday, December 8
Tweets for Keeps: November 2019
Fact-checking tools, social media metrics tips, data science and AI for social good, telling stories of forgotten women, challenging journalistic barriers Tools & Tactics Tips & Techniques Innovation & Experiments Reports & Articles People & Collaboration
Sunday, November 3
Tweets for Keeps: October 2019
Digital security toolkits, a j-education guide to Slack, automated mapmaking resources, G suite for media orgs, a plethora of fundraising research resources Tools & Tactics Tips & Techniques Innovation & Experiments Reports & Articles People & Collaboration
Resource Comments
Thursday, March 14
Dean M Gray on AltWeeklies Content Exchange
To be accurate I never suggested that AAN was not accepting new members. True, AAN does publish a policy about membership with membership criteria stated... “we can’t exactly describe what an alt weekly is, but we know what it is when we see it....
Wednesday, March 13
Lisa Skube on AltWeeklies Content Exchange
Hey Dean, thanks for bringing your voice to the conversation. You raise a good question asking "what is an alt weekly is" but I would suggest many newsrooms across the nation face this. The field of news broadly continues to redefine its identity & r...
Wednesday, March 13
Dean M Gray on AltWeeklies Content Exchange
The problem with AAN is it has devolved into a self-determining "good old boys and girls club" and, as membership falls, not admitting new members. With a membership policy of "we can't exactly describe what an alt weekly is" how can the organizatio...
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Disqus
Designed to play well with WordPress, Tumblr, Drupal, Blogger, HTML and JS. A drag or drop comment system offering a free version you can experiment with to encourage an active online community.Posted on October 25, 2012
Topics: Resources Technology
Becoming an Entrepreneurial Journalist: From Idea to Implementation
Looking to start your own news biz? Mark Briggs teams up with Poynter in an online course: Entrepreneurial journalism - from idea to implementation. A low-cost investment in practical learning.Pew Report: Future of Mobile News
As the number of Americans getting news on mobile devices rapidly expands, a Pew study shows ways media organizations can hone strategy to match human habits.Posted on October 25, 2012
Topics: Distribution Resources
TweetCharts
Find people tweeting about your local stories and beats. TweetCharts lets users compile a comprehensive report based on any hashtag, username, word, phrase, or URL.Posted on October 25, 2012
Topics: Resources Technology
SocialNewsDesk
A social media manager designed specifically with TV newsrooms in mind, SocialNewsDesk masterminds audience and fan communication on multiple channels using a streamlined approach.EconoCheck
Layering a specific need into fact-checking options, Sunlight and IRE join forces, creating this handy way to verify politicians' economic claims. A guide to datasets, including easy explainers.Posted on October 11, 2012
Topics: Community Craft Resources
A Guide to Effective Fact Checking On-air and Online
Five steps for analyzing political ads, nine “patterns of deception” to watch for and specific tips on presentation. Highly practical as ads spiral high in cost and share of air.ReadrBoard
Improve your audience understanding by capturing reactions in the moment as people read, see or hear your content. The concept of comment threads, but deeply interactive. Embed with a button.Posted on October 11, 2012
Topics: Community Resources Technology
Just wanted to let the JA community know that we've submitted a Knight News Challenge open government grant application to expand OpenMissouri to our cities. If you'd like to know more, or support the application, go here: https://www.newschallenge.o...