Storytooling: New Tools for the Next Generation of Journalists. (Version Spring/Summer 2015)

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WHAT’S A STORY?

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GROTER AND THIS?

GROTER THIS?

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A Good Story

Simple One story with one

baseline. Emotional

Universal emotions and feelings, obstacles and a goal.

Valuable An added value for the viewer

encourages reflection and action. Real

Seek for authenticity in what you tell and who you show.

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A Good Story

Story Building Blocks

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Character & Motivation

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Conflict (internal/external)

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Connection Universal feeling. Why Should I Care

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Ongoing aCtion

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Find a strong compelling character that people can relate to. Film him/her doing something other than talking (unfolding action) Look for a conflict or complication or unanswered question that you will resolve (or not). Simplify your answer by the end of the video. Bob Sascha.

Remember People

Conversation with your audience

Your Passion

Observe around you + read

Brainstorm

1. Fast Idea Generator Templates to generate new ideas and story angles.

Ebola  in  Liberia   Ebola  everywhere  

Medical  Tes5ng   Rapid  ebola  tests  

Doctors  treat  pa5ents   What  if  pa5ents  treat  doctors  

Lot  of  money  for  cancer  research  

How  about  ebola?  

2. XMind Brainstorm app.

3. Mindly Mobile mindmapping

4. Realtime Board An online whitboard to visualy generate story ideas.

5. Go Moodboard Simple online moodboards

Alerts Stay on top of a topic. 6. Google Alerts   7. Talkwalker   8. Mention

9. IFTTT Automate actions between two apps. 1.  Send tweets with a certain hashtag

to Google spreadsheets. 2.  Get a daily digest of geolocated

tweets. 3.  Get a messages whenever someone

mails you. 4.  Archive your instagram pictures on

dropbox. 5.  Link Feedly with Evernote 6.  ...

Monitor News

11. Nuzzel News shared by friends & colleagues

on social media.

12. Newsle News about friends and colleagues

on social media.

10. Feedly Best feedreader out there.

13. Social Sensor Stream of algorithm filterd news.

14. Prismatic News based your interests and

connections.

15. Tweetdeck Indispensable to follow news on

Twitter.

16. Defcomb Track keyword combinations and assemble your own news feed.

17. Maps Engine Layered geographic research on specific areas.

18. Geofeedia Monitor social media based on

location.

19. Echosec Follow social media based on

location.

20. CoEverywhere/Ground Signal

(Mobile) app for location based social media search.

Location

21. Newspaper Map Find and translate newspapers from all over the world.

Social Media

23. Buzzsumo Monitor which stories are trending.

24. Mentionmap Map twitterusers and hashtags.

22. Topsy Advanced twitter search engine

25. Bio is Changed Get an update when someone’s

twitter bio is changing.

26. Tweet Library App to archive tweets

27. 360 Social Me Get an overview of someone’s social

media presence.

28. Electoral Clone, merge, compile & curate twitter lists.

29. Filmic Pro Video app with a lot of professional

grade settings.

30. Clips A very intuitive mobile editing suit

31. VSOCAM One of our favorite picture apps.

Reporting

32. Interviewy Audio-recorder with a built in

transcription function.

33. O-Transcribe Nice online tool for audio/video

transcription.

34. Qwaz Audio App Transcriber created for and by

journalists.

Reporting

Good tools attracts attention, raise interest for the subject, add value and engage the reader to stay longer on the page, dig deeper and share the story.

4 MUST HAVES FOR STORYTELLING TOOLS

01 ATTENTION

04 ENGAGEMENT

03 VALUE

02 INTEREST

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Interaction Determine the level of interaction you want. Do you push, pull, allow conversation, ask for interaction. Is it live or not? Single- or multi-user?

V Time/Skill How much time do you have to build something? 10 minutes or 10 months? How much skill do you need to get the job done?

$ Price Check the price. Some tools are open source and free. Others work with subscriptions, clicks or have to be bought.

a Story Elements Identify the elements of your story. Which one do you want to highlight or add with a tool? Time, place, persons, sounds, images, relationships, data,...

“ Form/Function Make sure the form of your tool follows the function it has and not the other way around. Don’t distract, add value.

5 Platform Consider the platform your readers will use to access the story: web, mobile, touch,...

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35. Exposure Beautiful online platform for picture

stories.

36. Storyform Wordpress platform for

scrollytelling.

37. Storehouse Mobile app to tell scrolling stories.

Scrollytelling

38. Sway New interactive storytelling

platform from Microsoft.

39. Pageflow Open Source scrollytellingplatform

from WDR

40. Adventr Platform for non-lineaire

interactieve stories.

Scrollytelling

41. Kettlecorn Online platform for making layered

online video content.

42. Racontr Very performant platform for building interactive stories.

43. Touchcast iPad app to make interactive touch

video.

Interactieve Video

44. Timeline.Js Nice tool to illustrate a story timeline. Free & Open Source

45. StoryMaps.js Drag & drop interactive maps.

Multimedia

47. Thinglink Make pictures and video interactive.

48. Mattermap Map issues interactively.

46. Spicynodes Interactive topic exploration.

49. Pixlr Express Online photo editing tool.

50. Odyssey Integrate different media on maps.

51. Tripline Visualize trips

Multimedia

53. Storify Build a stream of stories with online

content.

54. Twitshot Automated pictures for your tweets.

52. Jamsnap Add sound to pictures.

55. Replay Mix & Match Storytelling app for

foto’s &video

56. Google Cardboard 3D glasses with open source SDK

57. Cartodb Visualize data on maps.

58. Soundcite Seamless audio for texts.

59. Chhirp Post your voice on twitter. Great for small audio fragments.

60. Opinion Ultimate podcast app.

61. Infogram

Simple infographics.

62. Datavisual Flexible tool for data graphs.

63. Viz Mobile app for simple data viz.

Pick Keep it simple. Chose tools that suit your workflow.

Stick Be consequent.

Dig Get to know your tools. Learn the shortcuts. RTFM.

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The 80/20 Rule

; Focus on what works for you. Make a selection of 10 tools to do 80% of the work. Be open for new things. Dare to experiment in 20% of your work.

experiments daily

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80%

Need more Tools?

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Need more Storytelling?

@howtostory

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/book-how-to-story-storytelling-for-journalists