Presentation to Illinois College Press Association

Be a better journalist with digital technology

(Some points of departure)

David Kamerer, PhD, APRSchool of CommunicationLoyola University Chicago

Listening tools

RSS

Google ReaderNetNewsWire

NetVibes

Social Search

Social participationBlending of personae: personal/professional

Build personal brand; build employer brand

Cultivate/locate sources

Learn from experts:

poynter.org Nieman lab

marketing/PR

Multimedia reporting:

2011: the year of video?

Effect on web audience

Audio

Crowdsourcing

Maps/locations

Create/publish Google Maps

How to

http://www.slideshare.net/dkresearch/google-maps-presentation-2477985

Public data

Databases

Sunshine review

NY Times SuperBowl visualization

http://sunshinereview.org/core/home

Community/chat tools

TwitterCoverItLive

Visualization tools

Dipity – interactive timelineWordle – word clouds

IBM Many EyesFormatted documents – Issuu, Scribd, Slideshare

Storify

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/12/post-286.html

Looking forward

The “splinternet”HTML5

4G/prevalent WiFiTablets

Multi-touchVideo

OpportunitiesVertical markets

Online communitiesHyperLocal

Content creation

Thank you

www.davidkamerer.com

@davidkamerer

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