What Are Your Favorite Online Tools for Reporting?
Reporting has always been about digging for facts, finding people to talk with, and gathering visual and aural accounts. Now that broadband is widespread, the tools have changed.
This Saturday, I’ll be in South Florida teaching an Online News Association workshop on where to go and what to use to mine, crowdsource, and distribute stories. It’s part of ONA’s free all-day Parachute Training program. Today’s the last day to register.
As I put the finishing touches on my talk, I’d like to know:
- Which tools and methods are most effective for you? Twitter and Facebook for querying, discussing, and linking are two. Others?
- Are there specific tasks you want to figuring out? For example, how to filter through many streams of information to find gold?
Leave a comment, or reply to me @MacDivaONA on Twitter.
Evan Williams’ Keynote at ONA09
Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams opened the Online News Association 2009 conference with a discussion about the service, how it’s changed and what plans the company has in store. Watch the livestream:
You can also watch Leo Laporte’s keynote and the ONA Online Journalism Awards ceremony. Video from ONA09 panel sessions are free for members, $25 for non-members. Details on how to watch those are here.
Have Reporting Work You’re Proud Of? Enter the Online Journalism Awards
Want to be recognized for the online news you’ve reported, no matter your outlet’s size or affiliation? Then be sure to submit your work to Online News Association’s Online Journalism Awards competition. Deadline is Tuesday, June 30, so best send this in today. Update: The deadline’s been extended to July 8, so send your entries in, stat.
There are several categories you can enter; four get a share of $30,000 in total prize money:
- The Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism
- Community Collaboration Award
- Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies
- Student Journalism
- Online Video Journalism
- Specialty Site Journalism
- Investigative Journalism
- Multimedia Feature Presentation
- Online Topical Reporting/Blogging
- Online Commentary/Blogging
- Breaking News
- The Knight Award for Public Service
- General Excellence in Online Journalism
- General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English
Read the full contest rules and additional pointers, then get cracking. And good luck! Winners will be announced Oct. 3, during the Online News Association conference in San Francisco.
