Digital storytelling tools, tips for pitching to editors, innovative ideas for using AI in the news, a report on trust in media, collaborating to provide legal help for journalists

Tools & Tactics

Every day, companies are launching new tools to help you build a #digital story. Check out these 10 free digital storytelling tools for journalists, handpicked by @hackastory https://t.co/tzSFPTqP8c @piktochart @JamSnap @knightlab @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h @anchor @ThingLink @WIREWAX pic.twitter.com/eIqDKwGLn6

— GIJN (@gijn) December 26, 2018

Tips & Techniques

Good morning writers!

A lot of you are asking me how to send pitches to editors. So, I’m going to compose a thread combining some of the greatest tips talented editors like @ZachStafford, @1demerith and @freeblackgirl have given me.

I hope it helps!

— ?️‍? original batty boy ✨ (@snacktavist) December 17, 2018

Innovation & Experiments

Meet the 66 finalists of the AI and the News Open Challenge, with projects exploring how media orgs can ensure #artificialintelligence is used ethically in the news. https://t.co/8oFgIw2XPm #aiethics @knightfdn

— Knight Macon (@knightmacon) December 10, 2018

Reports & Articles

"If the decline of trust in news has been a crisis decades in the making — and it has — then rebuilding the informed society will take time as well" @thesamgill recaps @knightfdn @GallupNews 2018 report series on trust, #media, #democracy https://t.co/ixUznFrixV #journalism

— Anusha A (@AnushaA100) December 13, 2018

People & Collaboration

Extensive legal battles are often used to suppress critical journalism. That’s why we’re partnering w/ @PressFreedom, @FirstLookMedia + @RSF_en to provide legal support to embattled journalists, starting w/ @mariaressa + @rapplerdotcom https://t.co/IbrTtiw87U pic.twitter.com/kJk6OJ7vpY

— ICFJ (@ICFJ) December 18, 2018