10 QUALITY APPS, SITES AND TOOLS

CHARLIE

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SOCIAL ANALYTICS

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STORYCHECK

StoryCheck is a simple-to-use mobile “editor in your pocket” aimed at reporters working in small, under resourced newsrooms, and less experienced freelance journalists who don’t have access to story briefings and debriefings and other essential input from an editor.

Mobile app for Androids

Story reference list

Editor in your pocket

Walks you through story development, from courts to disasters.

Checklists.

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DRAGON DICTATION

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• Dragon Dictation
• Record your interviews, dictate your messages, write your story.
• There is a 20-second time limit per session. Free
• Syncs with iWatch

Dragon Dictation

As you dictate, your words are turned into text. Once finished, you can edit it using the keypad or email or text your words to others, store them in files and retrieve them for later use.

(Speech to Text for Androids)

JUST FOR FUN

Fyuse https://fyu.se/
Allows you to take 3D photos using cell. Free, iPhone and Droid

Bubbli http://bubb.li/

Take a 360-degree photo like you’re standing in a bubble. Free, iPhone

Droid has Photosphere

Tape A Call Pro

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Tape A Call Pro

• Record incoming, out-going calls, in process.
• No limits on time or how many you can record
• $8/yr. No. 1 Biz app in 35 countries.
• Upload to Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive
• Email to yourself, share on FB, Twitter
• Iphone, iOS7> and Androids.

VIDEOLICIOUS

Simplicity!

• Pick photos or video sections
• Edit them on mobile, tablet or laptop
• Insert music (everyone wants to hear soft jazz music as you do your standup).
• Share
• Poynter Videolicious demo on YouTube
• Videolicious tutorial on YouTube (Poynter)

DARK SKY

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• Hyperlocal forecasts
• Varying notifications
• Stunningly accurate

FILMIC PRO

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• Online tutorials
• 4K bitrate/150 Mbps on iphone 6S; typical iPhone is 50 Mbps. (download speed).
• LED lighting, rule of thirds, zoom, resolution, frame rate, audio levels, shutter speed, white balance, tint, etc.
• Syncs with iWatch
• $10

SICK OF SCANNING?

Sick of scanning through podcasts and videos in order to get the information you need? Audio and Video searches are becoming increasingly popular, and can save you an incredible amount of time. This can be done with search engines like Popup Archive and C-SPAN.

SECURITY AND PRIVACY

Security tools have never been more important. There is so much information that you give out without even knowing it. Arm yourself with knowledge. Be aware of privacy issues and learn how to modify your own traceability. This is paramount for your own security and privacy. Price and Williams recommend using Tor and Disconnect.me for sites that will block others from tracing your browsing history.

TINEYE

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Reverse image search is a helpful first step when it comes to verifying images posted on social media. With the TinEye extension you can find out a photo's history in just a few clicks

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