http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/05/what-could-news-look-like-cool-visual-tools/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:38:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/05/what-could-news-look-like-cool-visual-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-1224942   Windy Citizen Uses Cool Tools to Cover Blagojevich — contentious.com Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:04:27 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2199#comment-1224942 [...] word cloud images are static (not interactive, which is why I didn’t mention Wordle in my interactive visual tools session last week) this approach can provide insight into a document — even on a subconscious level. [...] [...] word cloud images are static (not interactive, which is why I didn’t mention Wordle in my interactive visual tools session last week) this approach can provide insight into a document — even on a subconscious level. [...]

]]> http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/05/what-could-news-look-like-cool-visual-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-1224910   Fun interactive visual tools: Why should journalists care? — contentious.com Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:10:30 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2199#comment-1224910 [...] week I wrote a lot about various interactive visual tools that can help people connect differently or more deeply with news and information. This was for a [...] [...] week I wrote a lot about various interactive visual tools that can help people connect differently or more deeply with news and information. This was for a [...]

]]> http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/05/what-could-news-look-like-cool-visual-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-1224806 » Blog Archive » links for 2008-12-06 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:30:14 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2199#comment-1224806 [...]   What could news look like? Cool visual tools — contentious.com Read about these new interactive, journalism tools. Check them out and then ask yourself (as you would anytime you look at new tools and opportunities): 1) Why your organization use these tools? 2) How would they benefit your organization? Will these tools help your brand? 3) How would they benefit your audience? 4) What would it take to manage? 5) How do these tools fit into the future of media? 6) How do these tools fit into your future brand? Will they help you expand or deepen your niche? (tags: multimedia buildtheecho mediaconsortium web_20 future_of_journalism) Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...]   What could news look like? Cool visual tools — contentious.com Read about these new interactive, journalism tools. Check them out and then ask yourself (as you would anytime you look at new tools and opportunities): 1) Why your organization use these tools? 2) How would they benefit your organization? Will these tools help your brand? 3) How would they benefit your audience? 4) What would it take to manage? 5) How do these tools fit into the future of media? 6) How do these tools fit into your future brand? Will they help you expand or deepen your niche? (tags: multimedia buildtheecho mediaconsortium web_20 future_of_journalism) Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

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