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You've come to the right place. Explore the pages below for recommendations on tools + resources to help get you started, plus tutorials for some of my fav organizational systems.

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Let's Get Organized! IRE 2024 Presentation
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Some Great Tech Tools for Organization, Journalism + Life
Quick overviews on some of the top recommended tools to use in your reporting.
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Madison’s Super Dope FOIA Tracking Template: A Complete Guide
Featuring: A completely necessary number of Taylor Swift GIFs.
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Madison's Super Dope Fact-Checking Template and Tutorial
Featuring even more Taylor Swift GIFs.
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Additional Resources

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Society of Professional Journalists Toolbox
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A great resource for finding new tools based on reporting needs.

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Jeremy Caplan’s Wonder Tools Database
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A much more extensive version of what I tried to put together in the Tech Tools table above. Jeremy Caplan also runs a newsletter by the same name where he reviews different tools each week. I highly recommend it.

FYI for my actual colleagues

If you’re looking for the Chicago-specific resources that previously lived on this page, check out the links below:
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Chicago Reporting FAQ
A list of some common questions that you may have while getting started reporting in Chicago and my best stab at answering them.
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Organization is Dope - Presentation Links
View the Tech Tools Organization presentation at the links below.
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