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Facebook revamps Notes to be your next blogging platform - Business Insider
Facebook “Notes” has long sat mostly dormant, a strange appendage to Facebook whose added function beyond "statuses" wasn’t quite clear. But now Facebook has decided what the function will be: blogging. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the company is “testing an update to Notes to make it easier for people to create and read longer-form stories on Facebook.” This update, at least in some forms, looks look surprisingly like Medium, as developer Dave Winer pointed out. The new update adds functionality like the ability to add a cover photo and resize photos, which makes a “note” feel li
Voyager wants to help journalists find and illustrate data stories | Media news
The free, open source tool will have a recommendation system to help users visualise and better understand data via Voyager wants to help journalists find and illustrate data stories | Media news.
5 free video editing apps for mobile journalists | Media news
5 free video editing apps for mobile journalists Shooting and editing video doesn't have to be done only on professional cameras or with expensive software – here are five free apps that will help you get started with mobile journalism via 5 free video editing apps for mobile journalists | Media news.
A former journalist created a site to help journalists find experts | Poynter.
Stavros Rougas and Ebrahim Ashrafizadeh created a site a few years ago to help journalists find academic experts. Originally called Media Spot Me, the site is now Expertise Finder. via A former journalist created a site to help journalists find experts | Poynter..
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Hearken Aims To Help Media Gain Traction With Readers By Crowdsourcing Story Ideas | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Newsrooms are shrinking, and today’s reporters have far less time to take the pulse of the community. Hearken is a startup founded by a former journalist with a software platform that supplements dwindling newsrooms and supercharges community outreach with one deft stroke: by bringing readers into the story-creation process. By letting users vote on which story they’d like to see written, newsrooms using Hearken like Chicago's WBEZ, San Francisco's KQED, and Seattle's KUOW have seen Hearken-generated stories get consistently higher visibility—and even win awards.
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