http://strange.corante.com/2009/01/05/wish-list-for-better-tools-for-journalism Picking out patterns in the chaos Tue, 22 May 2012 20:29:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://strange.corante.com/2009/01/05/wish-list-for-better-tools-for-journalism#comment-3802 Elena Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:01:06 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/01/05/wish-list-for-better-tools-for-journalism#comment-3802 This is a great post! Thanks for putting it together. I hope journalism evolves and new tools get introduced, like you said. My wish list would also include a geographical twitter cloud, since media are often city, country, or community-bound. This is a great post! Thanks for putting it together. I hope journalism evolves and new tools get introduced, like you said. My wish list would also include a geographical twitter cloud, since media are often city, country, or community-bound.

]]> http://strange.corante.com/2009/01/05/wish-list-for-better-tools-for-journalism#comment-3801 Dan Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:40:18 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/01/05/wish-list-for-better-tools-for-journalism#comment-3801 1. Newswriting software with an integrated geotagging interface; 2. Word processing software that tracks what I'm writing and searches archives and/or web for related items in real time so that facts and citations are always at my fingertips; 3. A customizable Twitter-alert Zeitgeist tool that pops up on my screen when any significant Twitter trend develops (would be a great way of catching a meme or a breaking news story, or of just identifying what news has caught people's attention). 1. Newswriting software with an integrated geotagging interface;
2. Word processing software that tracks what I’m writing and searches archives and/or web for related items in real time so that facts and citations are always at my fingertips;
3. A customizable Twitter-alert Zeitgeist tool that pops up on my screen when any significant Twitter trend develops (would be a great way of catching a meme or a breaking news story, or of just identifying what news has caught people’s attention).

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