[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1814","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-full alignleft","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","alt":""}}]]As Twitter conversations can be a source of inspiration for stories, jobs or events coverage, here's how you can make the most of it and filter the noise Source: Tip: How to follow along with Twitter chats | Tip o

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1813","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-full alignleft","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","alt":""}}]]As more news organisations are experimenting with virtual reality in news, which elements of VR games or filmmaking can make it into the newsroom? Source: Learning by making: Experiments in v

You can now film professional pieces to camera on your phone with this app, that allows you to read a script and record video at the same time Source: App for journalists: Video Teleprompter, an autocue on your mobile device | Media news

by Jefferson Mok Every year since 2012, the Media Party, organized by ICFJ Knight Fellow Mariano Blejman and Hacks/Hackers-Buenos Aires, showcased the latest digital and data-driven technologies.

The 2015 Media Party did not disappoint.

Quotes are often the most interesting part of a story.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1772","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"374","height":"357","alt":""}}]]What's in a name? For newspapers the answer is Suns, Stars and Eagles.Tools We Use is a series of reports on the Web publishing technologies used by media organizations. This post, however, is just for fun.My data includes 1,506 U.S. print newspapers (dailies and alternative weeklies).

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1770","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"427","height":"620","alt":""}}]]Battle of the CMS stars: Usage statistics on the technologies that power media websitesThis first Tools We Use report focuses on the Web publishing platforms of newspapers. That's right, I said "papers," that innovative technology that disrupted the thriving wandering minstrel industry.

The Solutions Journalism Network is in the process of developing a series of tools to assist writers and editors in reframing their coverage from a more solutions-oriented viewpoint. We hope these tools will inspire new story ideas, help overcome writer’s block, provoke different interview questions, and more. Click here for more: Tools | Solutions Journalism Network

Using the Climate Feedback tool, scientists have started to diligently add detailed annotations to online content and have those notes appear alongside the story as it originally appeared. If you’re the writer, then it’s a bit like getting your homework handed back to you with the margins littered with corrections and red pen.