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Flourish: Data Viz Tool Capitalizes on Animation, Interactivity

December 2, 2019November 18, 2019 Amanda Bright 283 Views 0 Comments data journalism, data visualization, data viz, flourish, graphs, infographics, reporting with data

I’ve talked about my love for the web-based data visualization tool Datawrapper before, but there is a free tool that

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Product & Platform: Concepts to Use With Your Student Journalists Right Now

November 8, 2019October 25, 2019 Amanda Bright 266 Views 0 Comments multimedia, multiplatform, product

Sometimes the language we use about journalism is dense or only well-suited for journal articles. Other times, our word choices

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NYT project #ThisIs18 blends purposeful design, alternative story forms, multimedia

October 31, 2018October 27, 2018 Michelle Balmeo 1132 Views 0 Comments audience engagement, crowdsourcing, features, inspiration, multimedia, photo essay, photography, social media

The New York Times launched a digital project recently that asked, “What does life look like for girls turning 18

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Website design doesn’t have to be an editors-only experience

September 12, 2018September 8, 2018 Sarah Nichols 1070 Views 0 Comments design, header, nameplate, theme, website

Every site needs a refresh from time to time. In the program I advise, the nameplate for our news website

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Check out Adobe Spark (it’s free) to make everything from social media content to simple videos

June 18, 2018June 14, 2018 Tripp Robbins 1614 Views 0 Comments adobe, graphics, social media, video

  Adobe Spark is a free tool you should know about. It’s the simplest of the Adobe media tools –

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Design Tips 

Have fun with your online nameplate

March 26, 2018March 20, 2018 Jim Streisel 2651 Views 0 Comments gif, nameplate, Wordpress

This year, members of the HiLite Online team decided to add a little personality to the website (www.hilite.org) by creating

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Simple digital storytelling training game

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 Michelle Balmeo 2299 Views 0 Comments lesson plan, multimedia tools, online tools, story package, tools

Aleszu Bajak of Storybench.org recently shared a great little game he’s offering for free as a digital download on the

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Do you know what your staff’s news site looks like on mobile devices?

October 4, 2017 Aaron Manfull 3694 Views 0 Comments android, iPhone, Mobile, responsive, themes, Wordpress

Web staffs spend a lot of time making sure their site looks good. Most of that time by most is

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Use Adobe Spark to Easily Create Videos and Images for Social Media

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 Aaron Manfull 2381 Views 0 Comments adobe, adobe spark, social media, video

Last week I attended a workshop where I finally had time to play around with Adobe Spark. It’s a great

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