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Flourish: Online tool for data visualization

October 10, 2020April 26, 2021 Bradley Wilson 319 Views 0 Comments data journalism, data visualization, flourish

“An easy-to-use tool for beautiful data visualization and storytelling.” [Author’s note: This article originally appeared in the winter 2020 issue

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Check Out Adobe for Education on Youtube for Some Great Resources To Learn Everything From Podcasting to Making Impactful Social Media Videos

July 15, 2020July 12, 2020 Aaron Manfull 1944 Views 0 Comments adobe, adobe after effects, adobe audition, adobe indesign, adobe photoshop, adobe premiere, adobe rush, adobe spark

We’ve got a list of Adobe tutorials from the web we’ve been curating here and we’ve long advocated for using

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Design Embeddables Multimedia 

Flourish: Data Viz Tool Capitalizes on Animation, Interactivity

December 2, 2019November 18, 2019 Amanda Bright 1315 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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Apps Best practices Design Multimedia Social Media 

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

November 8, 2019October 25, 2019 Amanda Bright 1190 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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Design Engaging Your Audience Featured Multimedia Photography Social Media 

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

October 31, 2018October 27, 2018 Michelle Balmeo 2179 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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Design Featured Getting More Traffic Tips 

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

September 12, 2018September 8, 2018 Sarah Nichols 2093 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 2846 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 5122 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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Design Featured Multimedia Tips 

Simple digital storytelling training game

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 Michelle Balmeo 3884 Views 2 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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