Discussing Journalism Tools on Twitter Spaces
Editor’s note: We have some fun tools and trainings coming in future newsletters: a two-part series on using Datawrapper, a can’t-miss five-part series on business coverage tools, scraping tools and much, much more. Stay tuned!
On Thursday afternoons at 2 Eastern Time, I join a Twitter Spaces discussion led by CUNY professor Jeremy Caplan, who authors a terrific newsletter called Wonder Tools.
Usually, a dozen or so journalists join us for the hour-long talk (you can jump in and out of the discussion, just like on Clubhouse) and share your thoughts on various resources that help you in your job. We have mobile journalists, data journalists, graphic artists, writers, start-up gurus and many others in the group.
Links get shared to a note-taking app and shared for all. Example: a Workflowy on note-taking tools from our Jan. 6 Twitter Spaces with Jeremy.
It’s worth a listen, and you can play it in the background, much like a podcast. Jeremy tweets the link to the Twitter Space at @jeremycaplan just prior to the start.
Feel free to join us – I’m there when I’m not teaching or doing a training – and share your favorite tools. (BTW: I’ll miss the Jan. 13 Twitter Spaces due to a training but will return on Jan. 20.)
Here are a few gems from our recent sessions:
Jitter.video
Create simple motion graphics in this browser-based tool. Good for story posts and social media.
Mojo App
Templates to create Instagram Stories and other social channels.
Air.inc
Great image storage resource.
Eagle
Organize your images online.
Butter
Alternative to Zoom for meeting hosting and teaching.
Mmhmm
Download and use to record video trainings, etc. Allows you to toggle between recorded and live content.
Adobe Fresco Painting App
Sketch something and size it up from the original size without pixelation.
Toolbox Podcast: I’m posting periodic podcasts on Substack talking about the Toolbox and cool tools. Here’s the first one. Meanwhile, check out some more “cool tools” in this video:
Around the Web
Professionally designed templates in this cool presentation slide-building tool.
Topic-based channels where you can collaborate, share, and just talk about your day without clogging up a group chat. Good option to Slack.
Seamlessly engage audiences across hybrid workspaces through live online polling, surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds, and more.
Backstage by Headliner
Records Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse, among others.
Cool Tool Tuesday
Don’t forget that at 1 p.m. CT each Tuesday, we feature a new resource on #cooltooltuesday, similar to what you see in our Around the Web section of this newsletter. Be sure to check it out and retweet it. Here’s a video of some of my past faves:
In Quotes …
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