JournoTech-
Great New Way to Make Slides: Haiku Deck 2.0
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Haiku Deck is the best free tool for creating simple slides on an iPad. It’s extremely easy to use. You type in a few words for a slide and…
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20+ Tools for Creating Your Own Infographics
Friday, January 4, 2013
Here’s a list of infographics-creation tools from Hongkiat.com for quickly making your own charts, graphs and diagrams. There’s plenty of powerful software out there for creating great graphics along these…
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The Simplest Way to Create a Timeline: BeeDocs
Monday, December 24, 2012
Here’s an example of a BeeDocs3D timeline as a Web embed. In this case, it’s a timeline I created about the history of Final Cut Pro: BeeDocs Timeline…
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The 5 Most Influential Data Visualizations
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tableau has a nice post about the most influential data visualizations. Below is Tableau’s slideshow illustrating what they perceive to be the 5 most influential data visualizations. And…
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Design Tip: Generating Quick Filler Text and Ima...
Monday, December 17, 2012
In creating a new journalism project, you often need dummy text and images to get started on your design. Here’s a step-by-step guide to generating that filler material…
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Advice from Ira Glass to Journalism Graduates: &...
Monday, December 17, 2012
Here’s a follow-up to my earlier post about Ira Glass, which included the four-part video summarizing his thoughts on storytelling. He spoke on Thursday at the CUNY Graduate…
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Ira Glass on Storytelling
Monday, December 10, 2012
We’re looking forward to having Ira Glass as the commencement speaker at the commencement ceremony Thursday for the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. To celebrate his upcoming visit,…
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5 characteristics of successful video stories
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
What makes for a successful video story? Here’s a theory: This profile of Shinya Kimura strikes me as an excellent example of a successful piece that illustrates five…
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Free Template: A 10-Slide Startup Presentation
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The information you convey on each slide should be visually simple so that those listening to you can focus on what you are saying, rather than on reading small bullet points on a screen. When there’s more detailed info to share, provide that in a short handout that supplements your presentation.
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Infographic: Social Media Stats 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
If Twitter were a country, it would already be the 12th largest in the world… LinkedIn has 161 million members in 200 countries… 5 million Instagram photos are…
