tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post2430817059006324385..comments2023-05-23T00:25:06.363-05:00Comments on Online Journalism: Cool AppsChris Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386925901174702460noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-90851177628399581472013-11-26T12:35:36.965-05:002013-11-26T12:35:36.965-05:00A tool that I find helpful is PCM Recorder app. T...A tool that I find helpful is PCM Recorder app. The basic gist of this program is to record sounds and voices for interviews but it comes with few perks. First off, the layout of the app resembles that of TASCAM hand-held recorders, making it easily navigable for those who have experiences with recording equipments but new to such phone app. Second off, as soon as you record soundbites with Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648379810449669403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-63621692228582540552013-11-26T12:33:53.754-05:002013-11-26T12:33:53.754-05:00An app that was introduced to me in my capstone co...An app that was introduced to me in my capstone colloquium class this semester was Social Reader, which I find helpful in allowing me to follow topics that both interest me and provide comprehensive coverage of things that I otherwise don't have consistent access to in one place. Social Reader allows you to follow a particular thread, whether it is a sports team, health care, foreign Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971054942237084071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-80651328197072208602013-11-26T12:28:26.241-05:002013-11-26T12:28:26.241-05:00When I’m researching a story, I usually always sta...When I’m researching a story, I usually always start with the Washington Post. They have a phone application that is very useful and really easy to use. The home page features the “Top Stories” and is a simple scroll down page, featuring the Post’s most current stories; all you do is touch one of the headlines and you are taken to the story. <br /><br />The app also has various sections, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071755629526753158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-50647803230478259982013-11-26T12:16:50.535-05:002013-11-26T12:16:50.535-05:00An application that I find particularly useful in ...An application that I find particularly useful in the journalism world is twitter. With the ability to access up-to-date information using this application, journalists are able to find out what is happening around the world at a moments notice. This is a great tool that allows reporters to receive information and in turn, post information for others to see. <br /><br />In today's society, Jasmine Songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891641757857855170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-62879869792066310222013-11-26T11:51:38.841-05:002013-11-26T11:51:38.841-05:00Have you ever been taking notes in the middle of a...Have you ever been taking notes in the middle of an interview when all of a sudden, the person you're talking to drops a word like "embrocation" or "abecedarian?"<br /><br />Before today, you had two options. You could either ask what the word meant, making it seem like you don't know what you're talking about, or you could just ignore it, potentially missing out Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031516645051484141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-64540645220900990822013-11-26T11:49:33.084-05:002013-11-26T11:49:33.084-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031516645051484141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-73258545192155426762013-11-26T10:12:49.684-05:002013-11-26T10:12:49.684-05:00As multimedia and or social media tools continues ...As multimedia and or social media tools continues to prosper, the iTunes App Store continues to grow. While most of the apps in the store have next-to-no downloads a few are proving to be very useful to journalists. Being that social media is the platform many young adults tend to get their news from, journalist are using more and more apps as production tools. These tools are used to get the Marquis Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07004379335850413471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-8847421852196988662013-11-26T10:01:20.278-05:002013-11-26T10:01:20.278-05:00The app that I use most for reporting, since I am ...The app that I use most for reporting, since I am a print journalism major, is Evernote. This is a great app that allows you to take notes on scene at a story and to jot down quotes when interviewing a source. The app even allows you to record sound, which I find very useful when speaking with fast-talking sources or people on scene of breaking news stories. You can create notebooks in order to Katie Secrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733308478335714020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-24523373260748538722013-11-26T01:26:14.211-05:002013-11-26T01:26:14.211-05:00An app I found that would be a great tool for jour...An app I found that would be a great tool for journalists is ProShow - a web slideshow creator powered by Photodex. This app allows you to combine photos, audio and video from your own camera roll on your phone, your Instagram account, Facebook, Flickr, etc. to create professional photo slideshows that can be emailed, uploaded directly to Youtube or social media account(s), or it can be saved on Natalie Tomlin https://www.blogger.com/profile/00130654270864388613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-77650255466477360142013-11-25T23:18:50.753-05:002013-11-25T23:18:50.753-05:00An IPhone and iPad app that I was introduced to ov...An IPhone and iPad app that I was introduced to over the summer as an intern for the Courier-Post (NJ), is iMovie. As a default program on most Mac computers, iMovie often gets overlooked as a useful video/audio tool to create packages. However as an app on a mobile device, iMovie can be used to create short video packages on-the-go to be published as a nice compliment to written text stories. Dan Servodidiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00228311308180486975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-57217573204295691662013-11-25T23:16:22.052-05:002013-11-25T23:16:22.052-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dan Servodidiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00228311308180486975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-57145961237128072352013-11-25T21:41:08.136-05:002013-11-25T21:41:08.136-05:00When Twitter is atwitter, it's useful to have ...When Twitter is atwitter, it's useful to have an easy desktop tool for real-time tracking, organizing, and engagement. TweetDeck does just that, allowing users to monitor multiple timelines, schedule tweets, keep track of alerts, filter searches based on engagement, users, and content, and manage multiple accounts, all from one social media dashboard.<br /><br />Launched by Ian Dodsworth in Fatimah Waseemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415162335050435679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-43014444322899273172013-11-25T21:39:51.609-05:002013-11-25T21:39:51.609-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fatimah Waseemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415162335050435679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-52575548826548880342013-11-25T20:49:58.643-05:002013-11-25T20:49:58.643-05:00Rachel Walther
Evernote is a program designed to ...Rachel Walther<br /><br />Evernote is a program designed to consolidate everything a person uses and saves among all their devices. It is a storage site for files, websites, sound clips, video, photo and so on, an extremely useful tool for a journalist dealing with tons of materials and files. Evernote saves everything to itself and functions as an app on tablets and smartphones as well as the Rachel Waltherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774542576464860052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-38819964020981302562013-11-25T20:12:41.553-05:002013-11-25T20:12:41.553-05:00When reporting, I do not typically download and us...When reporting, I do not typically download and use a bunch of popular apps on my iPhone. However, there is one app that I would be lost without. <br />This app is Voice Memos, which comes free with the iPhone. The app simply records conversations, and when I sync my iPhone with my computer, the recordings transfer to my iTunes. This app is immensely helpful because I no longer need to use a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104457905948368518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-2153820299468809062013-11-25T18:37:10.499-05:002013-11-25T18:37:10.499-05:00An iPhone app that I found is called PicFlow. The ...An iPhone app that I found is called PicFlow. The app makes a 15-second video of a slideshow with audio. You can include any amount of photos from your camera roll. I thought that this app could be used to make short slideshow stories. After you pick your photos, the next step is to pick a song from your iTunes library to set the photos to. If you record a 15-second track of voiceover and export Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898994229202049429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-12285895788060470002013-11-25T13:50:47.334-05:002013-11-25T13:50:47.334-05:00An app that I found that could be extremely useful...An app that I found that could be extremely useful for reporting is called Callnote. It allows you to record phone conversations and store them all in once place for later usage. It keeps details of your phone interviews for you and automatically alerts the other party that they are being recorded.<br /><br />Obviously, the journalist needs to know the rules/regulations when it comes to recordingDanny Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874994773658301541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-23603334008315315442013-11-24T21:29:02.994-05:002013-11-24T21:29:02.994-05:00In Google's quest to be privy to everyone'...In Google's quest to be privy to everyone's personal data, they've created yet another tool that is super-useful to journalists (and everyone else, of course). It's called <a href="voice.google.com" rel="nofollow">Google Voice</a>, a free, multifaceted telecommunications service that allows users to manage calls and text messages from each of their phones. Google Voice will give Tim Drummondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923960647504301620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-3988885734442141752013-11-24T19:46:36.307-05:002013-11-24T19:46:36.307-05:00An app that I find useful as a journalist is Photo...An app that I find useful as a journalist is Photoshop Express. I began using Photoshop Express on the Internet before I had my own copy of Adobe Creative Suite, and discovered the app that way. With increasing numbers of journalists simply using their iPhones to capture photos of breaking news, having some kind of photo-editing software available as an app is imperative. The Photoshop Express Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740534278060311853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-12648760437610344372013-11-24T15:21:56.397-05:002013-11-24T15:21:56.397-05:00An app that I like to use for reporting and that I...An app that I like to use for reporting and that I think could be better utilized by others is Instagram. It is an app that edits pictures with various filters but can be used for so much more than that. A picture can be worth a thousand words and I think that news organizations could better use Instagram to post photos for news stories that get readers/viewers intrigued in the story. It Chloe Leshnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076549835771732728noreply@blogger.com