Tag Archives: iPhone
For the backpack journalist, consider lightweight, inexpensive audio/visual equipment
Posted on 03. May, 2012 by Michelle Harmon.
Searching for an affordable audio/visual kit for your backpack journalists in training? Consider this lightweight but professional-level option for your newspaper staff and classroom tutorials. The Kodak zi8 (which is now out of production but available on places like Amazon) is a step up from the flip camera, but doesn’t carry an additional expense. What [...]
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Top 10 Video Apps for your iPhone or other mobile device
Posted on 26. Apr, 2012 by Don Goble.
The ease and accessibility to create videos is a great excuse to utilize videos for your school publications. You don’t need a professional camera, a production studio, or an editing bay to add videos to your online publications. Take a look at these 10 apps to help students create simple, but effective videos for their [...]
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Journalism Using Mobile Devices
Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by Michael Hernandez.
This is an abbreviated version of a presentation I gave at the 2011 NSPA/JEA National convention in Minneapolis. While it’s missing my verbal explanation, it still has some useful info about apps, accessories, how my staff uses Google Docs and reasons why you’d want to try doing this with your staff. Also missing is a [...]
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Sync multiple email accounts to the iPhone
Posted on 15. Jul, 2011 by Michelle Harmon.
For some reason, I thought I could sync only my MobileMe email notifications on my iPhone. It’s really simple to sync all of them, especially the ones with lower, but still important, email traffic. 1. On the iPhone, tap Settings. 2. Go to Mail, Contact, Calendars. 3. Add Account. . . 4. Choose a service [...]
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Mobile Reporting Tools Guide Available at RJIOnline.org
Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 by Aaron Manfull.
Will Sullivan has created a great resource for reporting on the go. It’s a guide reviewing mobile tools of all shapes, sizes and purposes. The Gear Guide that he compiled has reviewed products in 15 different categories. The Applications section has categories ranging from Audio Editing Apps and File Transmission Apps to Note Taking Apps [...]
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A Plethora of Design Ideas Available via iPhone
Posted on 08. Oct, 2010 by Kristy Roschke.
A particularly design-inclined yearbook student recently introduced me to the nifty design iPhone/iPod touch app Plethora. Simply put, it’s an aggregator of design blogs from around the web — its web site states over 1200 new images are loaded each week. Photos fall into several categories, including web & interactive, graphic design, branding, photography and [...]
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[Flashback] Creating an icon of your site for the iPhone or iPod Touch is easy
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Aaron Manfull.
This post was previously published on April 10, 2009, but is still applicable today. Tried bookmarking a Web site on the iPhone or iPod touch and you get a small screenshot you can’t read instead of a polished icon? Maybe your web site is one of these that doesn’t have an icon. Making one of [...]
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Poynter Column Discusses Which is Better for Journalists: iPhone or Blackberry
Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Aaron Manfull.
Ethan Horowitz discusses in an article on poynter.org whether the iPhone or Blackberry is better for journalists. The article also gives links to the 10 best journalistic apps on the iPhone and Blackberry.
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Creating an icon of your site for the iPhone or iPod Touch is easy
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Aaron Manfull.
Tried bookmarking a Web site on the iPhone or iPod touch and you get a small screenshot you can’t read instead of a polished icon? Maybe your web site is one of these that doesn’t have an icon. Making one of these is simple and easy and you can have yours up and going in [...]
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