#Tip: Remember these 4 lessons from ‘the digital edge’

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Brian Moritz spent ten years as a news reporter before beginning a PhD focussing on the evolution of journalists’ routines at Syracuse University. As this article from the Knight Foundation-affiliated MediaShift Idea Lab explains, he spent the last semester flying drones, building virtual reality environments and using 3D printers.

“The future is here,” he says, and details four key lessons for journalism students to take from living life at the cutting edge of technology.

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#Podcast: The rise of microvideo in online news

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The rising tide of microvideo apps for smartphones is an increasing feature in online and mobile news reporting. This podcast looks at what is driving this change, some of the different platforms being used and what this could potentially mean for how news is received and reported in online and mobile forms in the future.

We speak to:

• Michael Downing, founder and CEO, Tout
• Jim Brady, editor-in-chief, Digital First Media
• Neha Manaktala, chief operations officer, Vizibee
• Marc Settle, trainer in mobile journalism, BBC College of Journalism
• Michael Anastasi, vice president and executive editor, Los Angeles Newspaper Group

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#Tip: Follow this series on advice for editors

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Steve Buttry has started a series and hashtag on advice for editors (or #advice4editors) as a personal addition to his work as digital transformation editor at Digital First Media and Journal Register Co.

Although it is aimed at new editors in DFM newsrooms it is equally applicable to editors elsewhere or pretty much anyone in the field of journalism: breaking habits, the importance of listening and leading by example may be obvious characteristics but having them illustrated in a newsroom context makes them more applicable – and somehow more real.

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#Tip: 10 online tools for reporting, storytelling and engagement

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Poynter have drawn up a list of 10 need-to-know tools for journalists, handily compiled into categories as research, social media and data tools.

The first tool, FOIA Machine, is an American project that is still sourcing contacts so UK users may wish to use What Do They Know as an alternative.

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#Tip: Try these tips to boost your hyperlocal Facebook page

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Pictures. Personality. Timeliness. Tips and tools for building online communities can sometimes seem rather general but blogger and journalist Ed Walker decided to put them all into practice for his hyperlocal site Blog Preston.

See how it worked for him and the detailed highlights of what made his month long campaign a success in this blog post.

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#Tip: Bookmark this list of resources on statistics and data analysis

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The ability to understand data and statistics, or at least turn them into a story, is a central skill in news and investigative journalism. The helpful folks over at 10,000 Words have put together a list of books and resources that can give journalists a solid foundation of the basics.

If you want to find out more about getting started in data journalism this recent Journalism.co.uk podcast features some expert advice. Keep an eye out for more information about data journalism on Journalism.co.uk in the future.

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#Tip: Timeless tips for video journalists

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We might be hurtling ever forward into a future of digital possibilities but sometimes the old advice is still the best. It’s why print journalists are taught Orwell’s five rules for effective writing, published in 1946, and also why video journalist Cyndy Green chose to highlight the unearthed ‘hints to newsfilm cameramen’ by Paul Desdemaines Hugon, news editor at Pathé News, from 1916.

She offers some of the best snippets of advice, as well as linking to where the full transcript first appeared on the web, but you could probably skip the bit about sending a telegram to the editor once the negatives are shipped.

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#Podcast: Getting started in data journalism

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The ability to analyse and untangle datasets is a vital skill for journalists in the age of endless information, so this week’s podcast focuses on how to get started in data journalism.

Getting started in data journalism and getting further than the basics can seem like a mountain of programming tools and coding languages, but the experts we spoke to describe how to take the first steps.

• Paul Bradshaw, online journalist, lecturer and blogger, Help Me Investigate.com
• Marianne Bouchart, web producer and data journalism projects co-ordinator, Bloomberg News
• Nicola Hughes, data journalist, Dataminer UK, 2011/12 Knight-Mozilla fellow at the Guardian, soon to join The Times

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#Tip: Digital portfolio options for journalists

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There’s no hiding from the digital revolution and for years journalists have been building their own online portfolios. The results have been mixed, occasionally tragic, but developers cottoned on to many hacks’ lack of advanced programming skills long ago and the proliferation of available platforms has swamped the internet.

Thankfully, Poynter has just published a handy and detailed guide to some of the best, looking at features, archive size, backup options and more.

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#Podcast: The changing face of journalism in Iraq

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To coincide with the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, this week’s podcast looks at how journalism has changed in the country.

From an explosion of new media outlets through the civil war and into the revolution in communications technology, the journalists we spoke to have a wealth of experience in the country.

• Dahr Jamail, author and investigative journalist, Al-Jazeera English
• Osama Mohammed, Baghdad bureau chief, Al-Jazeera English
• Nic Robertson, award-winning foreign correspondent, CNN
• Steven Lee Myers, embedded journalist and Baghdad bureau chief 2009-2011, the New York Times

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