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Wondertools 2020
Wondertools 2020

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Transcribe Interviews Automatically, Accurately

Otter⁠

(free) |

Descript⁠

Temi ⁠

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(.10/min)⁠

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Deepgram⁠

28+ Tools⁠

int’l ⁠

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Listen to Podcasts Seamlessly

: ⁠

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Castro⁠

Overcast⁠

Breaker⁠

RadioPublic⁠

Downcast⁠

NPR One⁠

AntennaPod⁠

Create Audio Easily:

Anchor.fm⁠

(free) | |

Zencastr⁠

Tryca.st⁠

BlogTalkRadio⁠

Mixlr⁠

Audioboom⁠

Simplecast⁠

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Make a quick data gif:

Google Data Gifmaker ⁠

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Fun with AR

Teleport⁠

(free, just for fun) |

Arrow AR⁠

(free) |

PhotoMath⁠

(free) |

Apple Clips⁠

(free)

Compose Music Without Knowing How:

Amper⁠

((freemium) |

Take⁠

Figure⁠

Garageband⁠

(free) |

Produce Unique Photo Illustrations

Olli⁠

Waterlogue⁠

Prisma⁠

Pikazo⁠

Lucid⁠

Bring Text to Life w/ Kinetic Typography

Hype Type⁠

Mojo⁠

Slate Text⁠

Legend⁠

Spark Post⁠

Quik⁠

’s “Type” theme

Produce Music Vid-Style Algorithmic Video

Quik⁠

(free) |

Magisto⁠

Shred Video⁠

Accentuate Images with Typography

Typorama⁠

Spark Post⁠

(free) |

Word Swag⁠

Design Vertical Stories:

Canva⁠

(free) | Keynote Template (email JC for access) |

Craft a Digital Scrapbook:

Wakelet⁠

(free)

Twitter Moments⁠

(free) |

Playbuzz Stories⁠

CoverItLive⁠

Make Visual Cards: Stats, Facts or Quotes

Pablo⁠

(free) |

Stencil⁠

Canva⁠

(free) |

Klex.io⁠

Share Mobile Text Snapshots:

Instapaper Textshot⁠

(free) |

Slide.ly Resize images for social⁠

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Annotate Images on the Go:

This by Tinrocket⁠

($2) |

Create mobile tag clouds & word graphics:

Tweetroot⁠

(free) |

WordFoto⁠

($2) |

Phoetic⁠

($1)

Create a VR or 360 experience easily:

Fader VR⁠

Vizor⁠

Wonda⁠

Create Quizzes:

Playbuzz Create⁠

(free) |

Engaging News Project⁠

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QuizMaker⁠

(free) |

Typeform⁠

(freemium)

Apester⁠

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Make Timelines and StoryMaps:

Beedocs 3d⁠

TimelineJS⁠

(free) | |

Storymap JS⁠

(free) |

Juxtapose⁠

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Create Charts:

Flourish.Studio⁠

DataWrapper⁠

Easel.ly⁠

Infogr.am⁠

Piktochart⁠

| (freemium)

Create Mobile Charts

Chartistic⁠

(free) |

Viz⁠

($2) |

Let others make appointments with you easily:

Calendly⁠

WhenIsGood⁠

Build slick Web pages (freemium):

Tilda.cc⁠

Atavist⁠

OnUniverse⁠

Paste App⁠

Adobe Spark Suite⁠

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Amp Up Your Copy and Paste:

CopiedApp⁠

ClipboardHistory Mac App⁠

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Find free raw material:

Unsplash⁠

YouTube Audio⁠

CC Search⁠

Internet Archive⁠

NounProject⁠

Mixkit.co/⁠

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Amp Up Your Email:

MixMax⁠

Gmail to Trello⁠

(free) |

Crystal⁠

(freemium)

Backup Your Images |

Google Photos⁠

(free) \ Experi,ent with VR:

bit.ly/ona19vrtools⁠

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Get Stuff Done |

Trello⁠

Trello Inspiration⁠

(free) |

Airtable |⁠

Notion.so⁠

Milanote⁠

Coda⁠

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Find what’s next:

Producthunt⁠

Betalist⁠

Journalism Tools⁠

Nuzzel⁠

Webb’s Trend Report ‘19)⁠

(free)

Bonus Tools: |

Threader⁠

Hyperlapse⁠

Layout App⁠

Steller.co⁠

Buffer App⁠

Launchaco⁠

Headliner⁠

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bit.ly/makevisuals⁠

= do-it-yourself workshop on creating visuals

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15 Journalists on their top 3 productivity tips⁠

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Contact: jeremy@jeremycaplan.com to invite me to talk with a group.

Follow @jeremycaplan on Twitter for new tools, resources and updates.

Bonus Resources:

Scoopcamp

Slides PDF⁠

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PDF of slides for a recent 30 Tools in 60 Minutes session:

bit.ly/wondertoolspdf2⁠

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My core list of basic tools for digital journalists:

bit.ly/toolkit18⁠

My core list of smartphone apps & resources:

bit.ly/smarterphone19⁠

My list of entrepreneurial journalism links and resources:

bit.ly/ejlinks⁠

and

bit.ly/ejresources⁠

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My “29 Tips for Mobile” Handout:

1 Page Handout for Making Mobile Multimedia ⁠

Bonus Tools:

Automate Stuff:

IFTTT⁠

(free) |

Cool IFTTT Recipes⁠

Zapier⁠

(freemium) |

Workflow⁠

(free) |

Buffer⁠

Launch Pro⁠

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Make Social Audio Clips:

SoundCite⁠

(free) (NYT

Example⁠

)

Clyp.it⁠

Soundcloud⁠

Spreaker⁠

Headliner⁠

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Deliver Stories w/ Messages: (free)

Whatsapp⁠

Whisper⁠

Confide⁠

Snapchat⁠

Wickr⁠

Kik⁠

Line⁠

Viber⁠

Telegram⁠

Make elegant charts efficiently

Flourish⁠

Tableau⁠

Klex.io⁠

Visme⁠

Google Charts⁠

RawGraphs⁠

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Add Hotspots to Images:

ThingLink⁠

360 Room Tour Example⁠

ThingLink Featured⁠

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Edit video on the Web:

Kapwing.com⁠

Create simple gifs out of images or video:

Giphy.com⁠

| Synthetic Audio:

voice.headliner.app⁠

Lyrebird.ai⁠

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Make a site with a Google Sheet (list of places, currencies, etc):

Sheet2Site.com⁠

More simple site-builders for portfolios:

My Product Hunt List of Landing Pages⁠

ReadyMag⁠

Shorthand.com⁠

Create useful interactives out of Google Spreadsheets:

Awesome Table⁠

Gather News Recommended from Inside & Outside of Your Contact Circle:

Nuzzel⁠

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My fave podcasts⁠

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10 Tools for Mobile Visuals and Audio

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Unsplash.com⁠

: Beautiful free images. Web site and iOS app.

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YouTube Audio Library⁠

Browse and download free music

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Creative Commons Search⁠

Search and download free music

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The Internet Archive⁠

Free Creative Commons material

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Free Music Archive⁠

Download free music

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Collection of Free Audio Resources⁠

Free audio resources

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The Noun Project⁠

Free icons

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JournalistToolbox.com⁠

Useful collection of resources

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JournalismTools on Pinterest⁠

Video Category⁠

Tools for video

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JC Mobile Journalism Zeef Board⁠

Mobile journalism tools

Bonus Social Vid Resources

Micro: Gifs: Giphy.com (

e.g. 4NewsWall⁠

(archived) |

Legend App⁠

Kapwing⁠

for gifs/memes etc.

Texty: Instagramy w/ large, bold on-video captions |

BBC⁠

NowThis⁠

AJ+⁠

Insider⁠

| AJ+

Slides on Social Video⁠

| Insider

Slides⁠

SocialVideo Cheat Sheet #1⁠

#2⁠

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“Fragments of a Life” NYTimes Fbook Live Story⁠

Social Stories:

Rainbow Bagels⁠

Bubloons⁠

| NBC Left Field:

Japan Nuclear Prep Bball Vid⁠

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1-Min “Hooks” Insider Compilation⁠

Holoplayer video⁠

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Social Vs. TV story: AJ+:

Lawn Painter⁠

TV news ⁠

of same story

Learning Resource:

http://bit.ly/AEJmojo⁠

via Kim Fox |

Gear & Kit Used by Ivan Lajara⁠

Journalism.co.uk:

How to Make the Most of the “Stories” Format⁠

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Tool Collections:

Great Tool Kits:

Playbuzz⁠

Knight Lab⁠

| Matt MacVey

MR 1-page resource⁠

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Other tool lists:

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JournalismTools⁠

JournalistsToolbox⁠

(incl

Podcast⁠

tools) |

38 DataViz Tools⁠

Try This - Poynter⁠

Shared Tools:

CardKit⁠

VoxCards⁠

NPR’s DailyGraphics | about⁠

Qz Chartbuilder⁠

ProPublica Nerds⁠

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Learning about Data

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Guardian Infographics Guide⁠

Free Data Journ Handbook⁠

Data & Design⁠

300-pg PDF

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Syllabus and Lesson Outlines⁠

for Learning Data Reporting with Derek Willis

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Data Culture: Activity Guide⁠

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Read Chapter 5 of

verificationhandbook.com⁠

and read the case studies

Read

A Pocket Guide to Verification⁠

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Data Sources:

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Data.worldbank.org⁠

data.un.org⁠

freebase.com⁠

https://apir.wisc.edu/⁠

quora.com⁠

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Getthedata.org⁠

kdnuggets.com⁠

lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/⁠

google.com/publicdata/directory⁠

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Roundup of recent data reports and research⁠

Scraping Data⁠

| Search Google for filetype:.xls

Data Visualization Best Practices:

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Matching Chart to Purpose by⁠

Dr. Andrew Abela⁠

100+ Diagram Types⁠

by Duarte

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Flowingdata: Chart Rules to Follow⁠

Data Viz 101, via Hubspot⁠

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Selecting the Right Chart, via FusionCharts⁠

Picking the Right Chart Type⁠

by Jānis Gulbis

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8 Million Ways to Present a Story⁠

by Sara Quinn

How NOT to Dataviz:

viz.wtf/⁠

Ugly Visualizations⁠

Junk Charts⁠

Worst 27 Charts⁠

Misleading Charts⁠

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Participant Contributions:

Public, editable spreadsheet of participant tool contributions. If you use it, please add a tool to the list!⁠

From Mike Reilley, JournalistsToolbox.org

Venngage for Infogr.am-type graphics. Great templates, many controls over text and colors.

For social graphics (text over images): Over, Ripl (animated text)

Timelapse: Hyperlapse by Instagram. Great stabilization software in it.

And check out JournalistsToolbox.org!

From Daniel Schuman:

ChangeDetection.com — sends you an alert when a site changes (& tells you the change)

Feed43.com— you can turn a website into an RSS feed (semi-automated scraper)

EveryCRSReport.com — list of all current Congressional Research Service Reports

From Jeff South:

Voicebase⁠

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https://assetstore.unity.com/#⁠

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http://twinery.org/#⁠

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https://knightlab.northwestern.edu/projects/⁠

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Storytelling Tools

We build easy-to-use tools that can help you tell better stories.

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Juxtapose ⁠

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JS\n⁠

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Easy-to-make frame comparisons.\n⁠

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Scene ⁠

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VR\n⁠

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Easy-to-make VR stories.\n⁠

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Soundcite ⁠

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JS\n⁠

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Seamless inline audio.\n⁠

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Storyline ⁠

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JS\n⁠

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Tell the story behind the numbers.\n⁠

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StoryMap ⁠

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JS\n⁠

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Maps that tell stories.\n⁠

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Timeline ⁠

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JS\n⁠

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Easy-to-make, beautiful timelines.\n⁠

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